Martyrdom of Philotheos Hatzis
Philotheos Hatzis, the Cypriot bishop of Dimitsana and member of the Filiki Eteria, dies in Ottoman imprisonment in 1821.
Why it matters
It adds a martyr figure to the Revolution story and connects Dimitsana with wider Greek and Cypriot Orthodox memory.
Philotheos Hatzis served as bishop of Dimitsana from 1795 to 1821 and is remembered as a Cypriot hierarch connected with the preparation of the Greek Revolution. He was imprisoned by the Ottomans at Tripolitsa before the uprising and died in prison in September 1821.
His story connects Dimitsana with the ecclesiastical networks, sacrifice and repression that surrounded the outbreak of the Revolution.