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IRINEOS GALANAKIS: A PEACEFUL REVOLUTIONALRY

ΕΙΡΗΝΑIΟΣ ΓΑΛΑΝAΚΗΣ: EΝΑΣ ΕΙΡΗΝΙΚOΣ ΕΠΑΝΑΣΤAΤΗΣ

By Theo PAPADOULAKIS

INDIGO VIEW PRODUCTIONS LTD - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2016

The portrait of a Cretan cleric with an outstanding
social commitment that influenced the international
Christian Orthodox community.

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- GREECE
- Languages
- GREEK
- Duration
- 50 mn
- Director(s)
- Theo PAPADOULAKIS
- Writer(s)
- Giorgos KOUKOURAKIS
- Producer(s)
- Ioanna DAVI (INDIGO VIEW PRODUCTIONS LTD), Dimitris XENAKIS (INDIGO VIEW PRODUCTIONS LTD)
- Synopsis
- Metropolitan Irineos Galanakis is considered one of the
  most important personalities of Crete. In the course
  of his long life, he stood out as a bishop, an educator,
  a pioneer and, most of all, a charismatic spiritual leader
  who supported groundbreaking social initiatives
  and enjoyed great popoularity.
  His was a century full of faith, struggle and social commitment. Believing deeply in the ideals of peace, democracy and freedom, he resisted political extremes like the Nazis and the Junta. He initiated the foundation of technical schools and cultural centers. A man of vision, he personified a much-needed force of change, creating equal opportunities for education and work both for men and women of all ages and taking great care of the old, the helpless and the poor. He was also one of the initiators of the first shipping company with a grassroots base in Greece.
  In recognition of his work, he was appointed Metropolitan of Germany in 1971. During his term, the Orthodox Church was officially recognized in Germany and several Orthodox churches were built.
  But his people wanted him back in Crete. When the
  higher Church authority refused to restore him, the
  people from Kissamos even went as far as kidnapping
  him to make their voice heard.
  In his 102 years upon this earth, Irineos Galanakis became a symbol of peaceful revolution, surpassing the
  narrow boundaries of his island.