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Germanos (Greek: Γερμανός) is a Greek holding company based in Athens, Greece. The Germanos chain of stores is a multinational chain of retail electronic goods vendors. They specialize in offering electronic devices such as computers, digital cameras, mp3 players and mobile phones. They also offer fixed and mobile telephony as well as ...
Germanos III of Old Patras (Greek: Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ; 1771–1826), born Georgios Kontzias (Γεώργιος Κοντζιᾶς), was an Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras. He played an important role in the Greek Revolution of 1821, having diplomatic and political activity.
Germanos Karavangelis. Germanos Karavangelis (Greek: Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης, also transliterated as Yermanos and Karavaggelis or Karavagelis, 1866–1935) was known for his service as Metropolitan Bishop of Kastoria and later Amaseia, Pontus. He was a member of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee and functioned as one of the ...
Germanic peoples. Roman bronze statuette dated to the late 1st century – early 2nd century CE, representing a Germanic man with his hair in a Suebian knot. The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe in Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In modern scholarship, they typically include not only the Roman-era ...
Agia Lavra. Coordinates: 38°0′47″N 22°4′52″E. Metropolitan Germanos of Patras blessing the flag of the Greek resistance at Agia Lavra Monastery (painting by Theodoros Vryzakis, 1865). Agia Lavra ("Holy Lavra ") is a monastery near Kalavryta, Achaea, Greece. It was built in 961 AD, on Chelmos Mountain, at an altitude of 961 meters, and ...
Germanus I (Latin: Germanus, Greek: Γερμανός; c. 634 – 733 or 740) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 715 to 730. He is regarded as a saint by both the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, with a feast day of 12 May. [1] He had been ecumenically preceded by Patriarch John VI of Constantinople, and was succeeded in Orthodox Rite ...
George Germanos was born in Elbasan, Albania, in 1858.He studied literature in Athens and philosophy and theology in Constantinople (now Istanbul). Germanos was ordained a priest by the Orthodox Metropolitan of Cesarea, Efimerios, in 1880.
He is best known by his nom de guerre, Papa-Anypomonos (Παπα-Ανυπόμονος, " Father Impatient"). He was born Georgios Dimakos in 1912, in the village of Agrydaki in Gortynia. 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 ...