Germanos Dimakos ( el, Γερμανός Δημάκoς, 1912–2004) was a Greek priest and prominent member of the Greek Resistance during World War II, fighting in the ranks of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS). He is best known by his ''

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'', Papa-Anypomonos (Παπα-Ανυπόμονος, " Father Impatient"). He was born Georgios Dimakos in 1912, in the village of Agrydaki in

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. He was ordained a deacon on 29 July 1934, adopting the name Germanos. In 1940, when Greece entered World War II, he was the '' hegumenos'' of the

Agathonos Monastery The Agathonos Monastery ( el, Μονή Αγάθωνος) is a Greek Orthodox male monastery in Phthiotis, Central Greece. The monastery is located on the northern slopes of Mount Oeta, some 3 km west of the town of Ypati. The monastery's ''k ...

near Ypati in Phthiotis. After the start of the Axis Occupation of Greece, he became a member of the Communist-sponsored National Liberation Front (EAM), and served as chairman of the community of Dadi. On 14 May 1943 at the village of Koukouvista he met Aris Velouchiotis, the chief captain of ELAS, EAM's guerrilla wing. Henceforth Dimakos became a close associate of Velouchiotis, following him in his tours around Greece. His bravery and zeal earned him the sobriquet ''Papa-Anypomonos'' from Velouchiotis himself. Following the

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of 1945 and the disbandment of ELAS, he returned to the Agathonos Monastery. In 1946, during the "

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" preceding the outbreak of the

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, he was kidnapped and tortured by a right-wing band. The Regime of the Colonels also persecuted him as a communist sympathizer, and sent him before the Synodical Court in 1968, where he was acquitted. Only during the last years of his life was his role in the Resistance acknowledged and honoured by the

Church of Greece The Church of Greece ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, ), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its ...

. He was interviewed for the 1986 British documentary '' Greece: The Hidden War''. In 2010 the new park of Vytina was named after him.

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