Germanos of Patras
Germanos (birth name Γεώργιος Γκόζιας / Κοντζιάς [Georgios Gozias / Kotzias]; neugriech known as Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός.) (* 25. March 1771 in Dimitsana , † the 30th May 1826 in Messolonghi ) was Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Church in Patras .
Before his ordination as metropolitan by the patriarch Gregory V , Germanos was a priest in Smyrna .
Role in the Greek struggle for freedom
After a not clearly documented tradition he blessed the near Kalavrita nearby Agia Lavra Monastery , the flag of the resistance against the foreign rule of the Ottomans in the Peloponnese freedom fighters significantly concerned and vowed this one on the further struggle for an independent Greek republic. In Greek historiography this is considered to be the beginning of the Greek struggle for freedom . The monastery has become a national shrine and the March 25th national holiday of Greece. The picture of the blessing of the flag by Germanos by Theodoros Vryzakis hangs in the National Gallery in Athens.
literature
- Karl Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: History of Greece. From the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453 to our day . Leipzig 1870–74
- G. Grimm: Germanos , in: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas . Vol. 2. Munich 1976, p. 38
- Pavlos Tzermias: Modern Greek History. An introduction , 3rd, revised. and exp. Ed. Tübingen u. a. 1999, ISBN 3-7720-1792-4
- David J. Brewer: The flame of freedom. The Greek war of independence, 1821-1833 , London 2001, ISBN 0-7195-5447-0
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| SURNAME | Germanos of Patras |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Church in Patras |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dimitsana |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1826 |
| Place of death | Messolonghi |