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'''Bishop Germanos of Patra''' (Greek - Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός) was a hero of the [[Greek Revolution]] that he, himself blessed and started by proclaiming independence on [[March 25]], [[1821]] at the Monastery of [[Agia Lavra]].

Like [[Patriarch Gregory V]], he was born in [[Dimitsana]], [[Arcadia]], on [[March 25]], [[1771]]. His name in the world was Georgios Gotzias, the son of jeweller Yiannis Gotzias.
He entered the clergy, becoming a deacon and left for theological studies in [[Smyrna]] in [[1797]].
He became bishop of [[Patra]] in [[1806]] and a member of the "Friendly Society" ([[Filiki Eteria]]), which was seeking independence for the Greek nation from Ottoman yoke, in [[1818]].

On [[March 25]], [[1821]], he blessed the fighters at [[Agia Lavra]] in [[Achaea]] and raised a banner of war. Tradition has it that as he had no flag, he used the curtain of the Holy Place of the church as a banner. The next day he led 500 men to attack the fortifications of [[Patra]].

Germanos left Greece in [[1822]] for Italy hoping to obtain aid and support for the war effort from the Pope and the Catholic Church but returned in [[1824]] without having seen him. He was roughed up and robbed by [[Yiannis Gouras]]' men the following year, during the infighting that broke out among the Greeks.

Bishop Germanos died in [[Nafplio]] on [[May 30]], [[1826]] after a short illness.

He wrote memoirs of the first two years of the [[War of Independence]] that are invaluable to Greek historians.

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