Anthimos Gazis
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Anthimos Gazis or Gazes was a Greek scholar, revolutionary and politician. He was born in Milies in Ottoman Greece in 1758 into a family of modest means. In 1774 he became an Eastern Orthodox deacon;
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Saint George Church in Wien, where Gazis preached.
Hermes the scholar
Filiki Eteria
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Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman rule in Greece and establish an independent
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…first Greek philological periodical, Hermes o Logios, played a significant role in the development of the Greek Enlightenment. In 1817, he joined the Filiki Eteria secret society and returned to his homeland, recruiting others in preparation for an anti–Ottoman revolt. In 1821, with the start of the Greek War of…
House of Filiki Eteria on Greek Square in Odessa
Passport of the Filiki Eteria, bearing its insignia and written in its coded alphabet.
The Oath of Initiation into the Society, painting by Dionysios Tsokos, 1849.
The Great Oath of the Filiki Eteria, written on a monument at Kolonaki, Athens.