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The future [[bishop]] was born in Kreminion, a village near Kozani in Macedonia. During the Balkan WarsBorn Leonidas Constantinou Liamadis, he moved to Constantinople in 1897, when he was held by the Bulgarians as a prisoner about fourteen years of warage. He moved to Turkeyenrolled in the Zographion High School, where he was eventually [[ordination|ordained]] but transferred to the [[priestTheological School of Halki]]hood, from which he graduated in 1908. In 1924 he emigrated Shortly prior to the United Statesthis, where he was appointed [[proistamenosordination|ordained]] of to the [[church]] of St. George in Schenectady, New York. Later he also served [[parishdiaconate]]es in Endicott, New York and Youngstown, Ohio.

Deacon Germanos' first assignment was as [[Archdeacon]] to the [[Metropolitan]] of Preveza. Following the death of the Metropolitan two years later, he was appointed [[protosyngellos]] of the Metropolis of Saranta Ecclesia in Thrace. When the Metropolitan was transferred to the Metropolis of Xanthe in 1910, he took Germanos as protosyngellos and preacher-at-large. Within a few years, Germanos was ordained to the [[priest|priesthood]] and elevated to the office of [[archimandrite]]. At the onset of the Second Balkan War, he was captured by the Bulgarians and held as a prisoner of war. He was released at the conclusion of the war and returned to Xanthe, where he resumed his prior duties. In 1924 he emigrated to the United States, where he was appointed [[proistamenos]] of the [[church]] of St. George in Schenectady, New York and served from 1924 to 1936. Later he also served [[parish]]es in Endicott, New York (1936-1942) and Youngstown, Ohio (1942-1951.) In 1952, Fr. Germanos was appointed Professor of Religion and Chaplain for [[St. Basil Academy (Garrison, New York)|St. Basil Academy]] in Garrison, New York. In 1955, Germanos was elected as [[bishop ]] of Constantia. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] to the episcopacy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on Palm Sunday of 1955. In addition to his responsibilities for the First Archdiocesan District, he served as director of the [[Academy of St. Basil (Garrison, New York)|'s Academy of St. Basil]] in Garrison, New York. He elected chose to retire from active ministry in 1962.