Lithograph (icon) of Saint Eumenios Saridakis in pine wood with carved decoration.

Saint Eumenius was the son of a large and poor family. He was born on January 1, 1931 AD. At the age of seventeen Constantine left the worldly world and went to the Holy Monastery of Saint Nikitas, in the south of Crete. After his three-year ordeal, in 1951 AD, he became a monk, renamed Sophronios. As a monk, Sophronios laid the foundation of his monastic life on humility, obedience and diligence.

Saint Evmenios Saridakis is celebrated on 23 May each year.

Apolytikion of Saint Eumenios Saridakis

Sound p. 1. To the conciliar word.

Paraclete divine of the people in their cripples, the helper in need and guide of the simple to godliness of the people, we praise in hymns, Eumenion, as our peer Job, persecutor of evil spirits and our benevolent ambassador to the Lord, the merciful.