The Sacred Icon of the Panagia Stavrokratousa (Cross-Holder), which was given by the Hieromartyr Patriarch Gregory V to Metropolitan Germanos of Old Patras. This Icon accompanied the Metropolitan throughout his life and continues to accompany him to this day near the larnax with his relics.
Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V was hanged by the Turks on April 10th 1821, in retaliation for the War for Independence initiated by the Greeks a few days earlier as proclaimed by Metropolitan Germanos of Old Patras and his blessing of the flag of the revolution at the Monastery of Hagia Lavra.
Photo by Father Timothy Iliakis at the Sacred Metropolis of Patras.
Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V was hanged by the Turks on April 10th 1821, in retaliation for the War for Independence initiated by the Greeks a few days earlier as proclaimed by Metropolitan Germanos of Old Patras and his blessing of the flag of the revolution at the Monastery of Hagia Lavra.
Photo by Father Timothy Iliakis at the Sacred Metropolis of Patras.
