A crowd of people came to the parish church of St. George Zografou and flooded the courtyard and the adjoining square, forming on Tuesday, January 9, queues on the streets around the church of Agios Georgios Zografos in order to watch the funeral of the Infantry Sub-Officer George of Viktoria Papayannopoulos, who died on January 7, at Zografou, at the age of 92.
The 40-day memorial will take place on February 10, Saturday, at 10:00 am, at the Holy Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Kesariani, Athens (opposite the Kaisariani cemetery, and behind the University of Theological School Athens). The funeral was done by the Metropolitan of Patras, Messrs. Chrysostomos, Family Spirit. The funeral was attended by the military leadership of the country, the elite of the Scientific, Spiritual and Artistic Space, presidents of Associations and Associations, politicians and numerous simple family friends of the family. The emblematic reasons given by the Eminence Messrs. Chrysostomos, the representative of the Army General Staff, as well as the son of Dr. Victor Papagiannopoulos moved the people, and they are posted on the web at general.forevermissed.com. After the exile in the parish church of St. George Zografou, the funeral procession began with the escort of the band, which ended in the cemetery of the Municipality of Zografou, where the burial took place, in the ancient Greek-style marble sculptured family tomb. & Nbsp; Dr. Victor G. Papagiannopoulos, son of the deceased, told us that "my father in his career was honest, incorruptible," clean "and" glamorous ". It was purely military, without political aspirations and party shades. He served our country properly and made the right use of the power that the Greek State trusted him, in favor of Greece and our fellow citizens, and not for his own sake. That is why he was and is so dear to society and is an example to be imitated. He received the surname Papagiannopoulos and handed it to me unconsciously and honored, adding to him additional gifts and virtues. The researcher of the Hellenic National Research Foundation, Eftyhia Liatas, mentions in her book "The Family of Deligiannis" (published by the Society of Friends of the People, Historical Archives, Athens 1992) that the surname Papagiannopoulos was used by the family when, in 1565 AD . Ioannis Litinas in Lagadia, Arkadia, was ordained a priest. John Litina was a descendant of Peter Litina from Thessaloniki, who in turn was a descendant of the Byzantine prince Luke Litina according to the chrysobulos of 1181 AD, the emperor Alexios II of Komnenos, which is confirmed by historical and archeological findings. The polite birth of the family has also been confirmed by the historian Pukeville, the counselor of Grand Napoleon. Family coats of arms are kept at the Pad Ova University of Italy and the University Museum of Heraklion, Crete. Members of the Papagiannopoulos family in Lagadia received the nickname Deligiannis during the Venetian domination, and usually the Greek people are known by this nickname, rather than the pseudonym Papagiannopoulos or the real adjective of Litina. According to the genealogical tree drafted by the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Lieutenant General George V. Papagiannopoulos is the Trios of Theodorakis Papagiannopoulos - Deligiannis, the last Moraianian of the Peloponnese, the hero of the Greek Revolution of 1821, honored as National Class A hero. The family had put all their fortune in favor of the liberation struggle, for no consideration, and many of its members were sacrificed for the Freedom of the Nation. More information on family history can be found in Dr. Victor G. Papagiannopoulos "The history of the family" Papagiannopoulos - Deligiannis - Litina - Litinus - Litinus - Latinus "with the origins of the ancient kings Latino and Pelasgo" (Vipapharm, 2014 ISBN 978-618-80049-8-6) https : //books.google.com/books? isbn = 6188149525, as well as in the book of Liata Eftichia, "Archives of the Family of Deligiannis" (published by the Society of Friends of the People, Historical Archives, Athens, 1992).
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