{{short description|20th-century Greek Orthodox hieromonk and saint}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox saint | name = Athanasios Hamakiotis | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = 1891 | birth_place = Tourlada, Kalavryta, Greece | death_date = 17 August 1967 | death_place = Rodopoli, Attica, Greece | titles = Hieromonk; Elder | venerated_in = Eastern Orthodox Church | feast_day = {{ubl|17 August|23 October (translation of relics)}} | canonized_date = 17 November 2023 | canonized_by = Bartholomew I of Constantinople | major_shrine = Panagia Faneromeni Monastery (Rodopoli, Attica) }}
'''Athanasios Hamakiotis''' ({{Langx|el|Αθανάσιος Χαμακιώτης}}; 1891 – 17 August 1967), born '''George Hamakiotis''' ({{Langx|el|Γεώργιος Χαμακιώτης}}), was a Greek Orthodox hieromonk and spiritual father noted for his pastoral work in Attica. He served as parish priest at the historic church of Panagia Neratziotissa in Marousi and later founded the women’s monastery of Panagia Faneromeni in Rodopoli, where he reposed in 1967.<ref name="Orthodoxia">{{cite web |title=Αναμένοντας την αγιοκατάταξη του γέροντα Αθανάσιου Χαμακιώτη |url=https://orthodoxia.info/news/anamenontas-tin-agiokatataxi-ger/ |website=Orthodoxia.info |language=el |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="Kifissia">{{cite web |title=Όσιος Αθανάσιος ο εν Αμαρουσίω και Ροδοπόλει Ασκήσας |url=https://www.imkifissias.gr/index.php/epikairotita/3807-protasis-agiokatatalagaeos-gerontos-athanasiou-xamakiotou |website=Holy Metropolis of Kifisia, Marousi and Oropos |language=el |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople added Hamakiotis to the diptychs of the saints on 17 November 2023, with his memory kept on 17 August (the day of his repose) and on 23 October (the day of the translation of his relics).<ref name="OC2023">{{cite web |title=Constantinople canonizes two 20th-century elders |url=https://orthochristian.com/157388.html |website=OrthoChristian.com |date=17 November 2023 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
==Canonization and veneration== On 17 November 2023 the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate resolved to canonize Elder Athanasios; the decision also set his liturgical commemorations for 17 August and 23 October.<ref name="OC2023" /> The formal signing of the Patriarchal and Synodal Act took place at the Patriarchal Church of St George on 18 December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phanar: The acts of canonization of three new Saints will be signed on Monday |url=https://orthodoxtimes.com/phanar-on-monday-the-acts-of-canonization-of-three-new-saints-will-be-signed/ |website=Orthodox Times |date=15 December 2023 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
==Legacy== Orthodox sources emphasize Hamakiotis’s ascetical life, compassionate pastoral care and practical charity during times of hardship, especially in Marousi and the wider Attica region.<ref name="Kifissia" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Greek Elder Athanasios (Hamakiotis) proposed for canonization |url=https://orthochristian.com/133853.html |website=OrthoChristian.com |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Holy Metropolis of Kifisia, Marousi and Oropos – ''Όσιος Αθανάσιος ο εν Αμαρουσίω και Ροδοπόλει Ασκήσας'' (biographical notice): https://www.imkifissias.gr/index.php/epikairotita/3807-protasis-agiokatatalagaeos-gerontos-athanasiou-xamakiotou * Orthodoxia.info – ''Αναμένοντας την αγιοκατάταξη του γέροντα Αθανάσιου Χαμακιώτη'': https://orthodoxia.info/news/anamenontas-tin-agiokatataxi-ger/ * OrthoChristian – ''Constantinople canonizes two 20th-century elders'': https://orthochristian.com/157388.html
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamakiotis, Athanasios}} Category:1891 births Category:1967 deaths Category:People from Kalavryta Category:Greek Eastern Orthodox priests Category:Eastern Orthodox monks Category:Greek saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church