Germanos III of Old Patras ( el, Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ; 1771–1826), born Georgios Gotzias, was an
Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras. He played an important role in the Greek Revolution of 1821, having diplomatic and political activity.
Germanos was born in
Dimitsana
Dimitsana ( el, Δημητσάνα) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The ...
, northwestern
Arcadia,
Peloponnese. Before his consecration as Metropolitan of Patras by
Patriarch Gregory V, he had served as a priest and
Protosyngellus in
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
.
Greek Revolution
According to tradition and several written sources, on March 25 (6 April, Greg.Calendar), the Feast of
Annunciation, 1821, Bishop Germanos proclaimed the national uprising against the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and blessed the flag of the revolution at the Monastery of
Agia Lavra.
Earlier, another revolt of the
Greek War of Independence had also been declared on February 21 by
Alexandros Ypsilantis in
Iaşi, which was crushed by June 1821.
References
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1771 births
1826 deaths
19th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
Greek bishops
Greek people of the Greek War of Independence
Ottoman Greece
Orthodox bishops of Patras
People from Dimitsana