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Germanos Dimakos, the Glossary

Germanos Dimakos (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).^[1]

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21st-century Eastern Orthodox priests
Greek Eastern Orthodox priests
Greek People's Liberation Army personnel
People from Vytina

Agathonos Monastery

The Agathonos Monastery (Μονή Αγάθωνος) is a Greek Orthodox male monastery in Phthiotis, Central Greece.

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Amfikleia

Amfikleia (Αμφίκλεια, before 1915: Δαδί - Dadi) is a town and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece.

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Aris Velouchiotis

Athanasios Klaras (Αθανάσιος Κλάρας; August 27, 1905 – June 15, 1945), better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis (Άρης Βελουχιώτης), was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945. Germanos Dimakos and Aris Velouchiotis are Greek People's Liberation Army personnel.

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Axis occupation of Greece

The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers (the occupation) began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany invaded the Kingdom of Greece in order to assist its ally, Italy, in their ongoing war that was initiated in October 1940, having encountered major strategical difficulties.

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Church of Greece

The Church of Greece (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.

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Deacon

A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions.

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ELAS

The Greek People's Liberation Army (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós; ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM) during the period of the Greek resistance until February 1945, when, following the Dekemvriana clashes and the Varkiza Agreement, it was disarmed and disbanded.

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Eleftherotypia

Eleftherotypia (lit) was a daily national newspaper published in Athens, Greece.

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Gortynia

Gortynia (Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greece: The Hidden War is a 1986 television documentary series about the background to the Greek Civil War.

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Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War (translit) took place from 1946 to 1949.

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Greek junta

The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.

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Greek resistance

The Greek resistance (Ethnikí Antístasi "National Resistance") involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II.

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Hegumen

Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (ἡγούμενος, trans.), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot.

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Kaloskopi

Kaloskopi (Καλοσκοπή, before 1927: Κουκουβίστα - Koukouvista) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Gravia, northeastern Phocis, Greece.

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National Liberation Front (Greece)

The National Liberation Front (Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο, Ethnikó Apeleftherotikó Métopo (EAM) was an alliance of various political parties and organizations which fought to liberate Greece from Axis Occupation.

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Ordination

Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies.

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Phthiotis

Phthiotis (Φθιώτιδα, Fthiótida,; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).

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Rizospastis

Rizospastis (Ριζοσπάστης, "The Radical") is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Greece.

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Treaty of Varkiza

The Treaty of Varkiza (Συμφωνία της Βάρκιζας, also known as the Varkiza Pact or the Varkiza Peace Agreement) was signed in Varkiza (near Athens) on February 12, 1945, between the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) for EAM-ELAS, following the latter's defeat during the Dekemvriana clashes.

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Vytina

Vytina (Βυτίνα, Vytína) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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White Terror (Greece)

White Terror (Λευκή Τρομοκρατία) is the term used in Greece, analogous to similar cases, for the period of persecution of members of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and other former members of the leftist World War II-era resistance organization National Liberation Front (EAM) in 1945–46, prior to the outbreak of the Greek Civil War.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Ypati

Ypati (Υπάτη) is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, central peninsular Greece.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanos_Dimakos

Also known as Germanos Dimakis, Papa-Anypomonos.