Dimitrios Holevas
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Axis occupation of Greece during World War II
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Holevas was born on January 26, 1907, in
nom de guerre of "Papaflessas". He became military priest of ELAS' 13th Division, and later became a deputy in the EAM-sponsored parliament of the PEEA. In 1943, he organized a council of priests at Spercheiada
. He also founded the Pan-clerical Orthodox Clergy Union, which came to number 4,000 members, and was elected as its General Secretary.
After the end of the war, he was persecuted for his support of ELAS: the Synodal Court suspended him from the clergy for three years, and in 1947 he was sent into internal exile in
Lavrion, Leros, Archangelos in Rhodes and Nikaia. In 2001 he was honoured by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece
with the Gold Cross of St Paul for his activity during the Resistance.
He died on 16 July 2001. He was married and had five children.
Sources
- Κηδεύεται σήμερα ο παπα-αντάρτης (in Greek). Ta Nea. 20 July 2001. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- Μνημόσυνο του Παπαχολέβα (in Greek). Rizospastis. 28 August 2001. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- Έφυγε ο ανταρτόπαπας (in Greek). Ta Nea. 19 July 2001. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.