Eski Patraslı III. Germanos

Eski Patraslı III. Germanos (Yunanca: Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ; 1771-1826), 1771'de doğan Georgios Gotzias, Patras Ortodoks metropolitiydi. 1821 Yunan Devrimi'nde diplomatik ve siyasi faaliyetlerde bulunarak önemli bir rol oynadı.

Germanos, kuzeybatı Arkadya, Mora, Dimitsana'da doğdu. Patrik V. Gregorios tarafından Patras Metropoliti olarak kutsanmadan önce, İzmir'de rahip olarak görev yapmıştı.

Yunan İsyanı

Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'na karşı ulusal ayaklanmayı ilan etti ve Aya Lavra Manastırı'nda devrim bayrağını kutsadı.^[1]^[2]^[3] Daha önce, Haziran 1821'de bastırılan Yaş'ta Alexandro İpsilantis tarafından 21 Şubat'ta Yunan Bağımsızlık Savaşı'nın bir başka isyanı da desteklemiştir.

Kaynakça

^ "Greek Independence Day". www.britannica.com. 3 Mayıs 2015 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 9 Eylül 2009. The Greek revolt was precipitated on March 25, 1821, when Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the flag of revolution over the Monastery of Agia Lavra in the Peloponnese. The cry “Freedom or Death” became the motto of the revolution.
^ Frazee, Charles A. (1969). The Orthodox Church and independent Greece, 1821-1852. CUP Archive. ss. 18-20. ISBN 0-521-07247-6. On 25 March, Germanos gave the revolution its great symbol when he raised a banner with the cross on it at the monastery of Ayia Lavra.
^ McManners, John (2001). The Oxford illustrated history of Christianity. Oxford University Press. ss. 521-524. ISBN 0-19-285439-9. The Greek uprising and the church. Bishop Germanos of old Patras blesses the Greek banner at the outset of the national revolt against the Turks on 25 March 1821. The solemnity of the scene was enhanced two decades later in this painting by T. Vryzakis….The fact that one of the Greek bishops, Germanos of Old Patras, had enthusiastically blessed the Greek uprising at the onset (25 March 1821) and had thereby helped to unleash a holy war, was not to gain the church a satisfactory, let alone a dominant, role in the new order of things.

[1] "Greek Independence Day". www.britannica.com. 3 Mayıs 2015 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 9 Eylül 2009. The Greek revolt was precipitated on March 25, 1821, when Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the flag of revolution over the Monastery of Agia Lavra in the Peloponnese. The cry “Freedom or Death” became the motto of the revolution.

[2] Frazee, Charles A. (1969). The Orthodox Church and independent Greece, 1821-1852. CUP Archive. ss. 18-20. ISBN 0-521-07247-6. On 25 March, Germanos gave the revolution its great symbol when he raised a banner with the cross on it at the monastery of Ayia Lavra.

[3] McManners, John (2001). The Oxford illustrated history of Christianity. Oxford University Press. ss. 521-524. ISBN 0-19-285439-9. The Greek uprising and the church. Bishop Germanos of old Patras blesses the Greek banner at the outset of the national revolt against the Turks on 25 March 1821. The solemnity of the scene was enhanced two decades later in this painting by T. Vryzakis….The fact that one of the Greek bishops, Germanos of Old Patras, had enthusiastically blessed the Greek uprising at the onset (25 March 1821) and had thereby helped to unleash a holy war, was not to gain the church a satisfactory, let alone a dominant, role in the new order of things.

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