
Venerable Bessarion (V)
The Venerable Bessarion laboured in the first half of the fifth century. He founded a monastery for men in Jerusalem, was chorepiscopus of Palestine, and was a close friend of Euthymius the Great (commemorated 20 January).

The Venerable Bessarion laboured in the first half of the fifth century. He founded a monastery for men in Jerusalem, was chorepiscopus of Palestine, and was a close friend of Euthymius the Great (commemorated 20 January).