2024-05-15 19:13:41
A memorial service for Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, the political chief of the Exodus of Messolonghi, was the occasion organized by the Municipality of North Tzoumerko in Plaisia on Saturday afternoon, in collaboration with the Municipal Neighborhood and the Cultural Affiliation of Plaisia.
The occasion of reminiscence and honor got here to enhance a years-long effort to spotlight the necessary contribution to the battle to shake off the Turkish yoke of a persona unknown to many, initially from the Katsanochoria space.
“The names of Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis, Papaflessas, Kanaris, Bouboulinas and lots of different heroes of 1821 come again to the reminiscences of the Greeks each time the nationwide anniversary is well known, nevertheless for many Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos is unknown.
Even supposing he allotted all his property for the needs of the battle, even if he sacrificed his personal life within the exit of Messolonghi, though he had the chance to flee. It belongs to these fighters of the Revolution, who remained ignored, having as their solely reward the ethical satisfaction that, with their contribution and sacrifice, Greece started its free life”, pressured the mayor of Northern Tzoumerko, Nikos Vaitsis, in his greeting, taking on the dedication to proceed the trouble to make the title and contribution of Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos extra broadly identified, in collaboration with the Municipality of the Holy Metropolis of Messolonghi, the place he was sacrificed, but in addition with the Municipality of Patras, the place he created an enormous fortune, with which he financed the battle for liberation.
The thread of the lifetime of Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos and his ancestors was unraveled by the president of the Historic and Ethnological Society of Peloponnese, lawyer-author Christos Moulias, specializing in the truth that he allotted his huge fortune to finance the battle towards the Turks and as a political chief of the free besieged he marched unchained in the direction of the sacrifice and the holocaust, collaborating within the immortal heroic exodus on the night time of April tenth to eleventh, 1826. “For the case of Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, the verses of Aristotle Valaoritis match: “I really feel for you, my nation, within the bowels of decay” . As a result of solely he who feels for his nation a decay in his guts, abandons his wealth, his household and sacrifices his life for pure beliefs. Sacrifice in a battle, which is typically destined to be futile. And Papadiamantopoulos knew this and accepted it. However his sacrifice, like that of the opposite fighters, was not wasted. The heroic exit of Messolongio could have been a historic occasion with large losses, which didn’t succeed, however it wakened Europe and opened the best way for Navarino, which is a milestone within the path of liberating Genos from the merciless Turkish yoke”, he mentioned.
George Lazanis, who, together with his spouse, had the initiative to arrange an occasion, which was the start of fermentation to create a bust of Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, which was positioned in Plaisia Sq.. Bust created by the Katsanochorite sculptor Theodoros Papagiannis, who was particularly thanked by G. Lazanis, as he additionally thanked the previous mayor of Northern Tzoumerko, Yiannis Sendele, who supported the initiative. “I’m positive that there might be continuers of the custom”, he concluded his speech.
In the beginning of the occasion, the PASOK – Motion for Change Member of Parliament Yiannis Tsimaris and the deputy regional governor Agni Nakos congratulated the organizers of the occasion for the initiative to honor this particular type of the battle for the liberation of underserved Greece, characterizing I. Papadiamantopoulos as a instance of selfless love for nation. Greetings had been additionally addressed by the deputy mayor D.E. Emilios Patsiouras of Katsanochoria and the president of the Neighborhood of Plaisia Spyros Athanasopoulos.
Earlier than the occasion, a memorial service was held on the bust of I. Papadiamantopoulos and wreaths had been laid by the MP Yiannis Tsimaris, the deputy governor of Epirus Haris Lazani, the mayor of Northern Tzoumerko Nikos Vaitsis, the president of the Historic and Ethnological Society of Peloponnese Christos Moulias, his dance trainer Angelos Stamatis of the Cultural Academic Affiliation of the Holy Metropolis of Messolonghi “Free Besiegers” and the president of the Cultural Affiliation of Plaisia Nikoleta Mega.
After the speeches, a dance program was offered by the Cultural Academic Affiliation of the Holy Metropolis of Messolonghi “Free Besieged” with a conventional orchestra of Messolonghi and dancers from the Cultural Affiliation of Plaisia, whereas items got to the friends, together with the well-known tailor of conventional costumes from the Occupation Nikos Plakidas of Etoloakarnania and the photographer Nikos Siamos, whose exhibition entitled “Exodus” was offered on the Plaisia Religious Heart.
The occasion, which was organized and coordinated by the municipal councilor for Tradition, Training & Sports activities, Elisavet Boutsora, ended with the presentation of a buffet by the Plaisia Cultural Affiliation within the village sq..