Germanós III de Patras

Germanós III de Patras (en griego: Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ: en griego: Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ; 1771-1826), nacido Georgios Gotzias, fue un sacerdote ortodoxo, metropolitano de Patras. Desempeñó una función importante en la Revolución griega de 1821, mediante su actividad política y diplomática.

Germanos nace en Dimitsana, en el noroeste de la Arcadia, Peloponeso. Antes de su consagración como obispo metropolitano de Patras por el patriarca Gregorio V de Constantinopla, fue sacerdote en Esmirna.

Revolución griega[editar]

Según la tradición y diversas fuentes escritas, el 25 de marzo de 1821 (6 de abril, según el calendario gregoriano), en la Fiesta de la Anunciación, el obispo Germanós proclama el alzamiento nacional contra el Imperio otomano y bendice la bandera de la revolución en el monasterio de Agia Lavra.^[1]^[2]^[3] Anteriormente, otra llamada al alzamiento había ya sido lanzada por Aléxandros Ypsilantis en Iaşi, el 21 de febrero de 1821. Dicho alzamiento es aplastado en junio del mismo año.

Referencias[editar]

↑ «Greek Independence Day.». www.britannica.com. Consultado el 9 de septiembre de 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. pp. 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. pp. 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. Consultado el 9 de septiembre de 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. pp. 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. pp. 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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