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Registered:
The
International Register
of Arms, 13th July 2018.
Registration No. 0462
(Vol.3).
Arms: Gules, a
griffin segreant Or
armed Sable and
langued Gules, in the
dexter claw
(brandishing) bearing
aloft a flaming sword
Argent hilt Gules
pommel with a fleur de
lis Or and in the
sinister claw an open
book Argent the dexter
page charged with a
fleur de lis Gules the
sinister inscribed
with the words ΓΝΩΘΙ
ΣΑΥΤΟΝ Sable.
Crest: An
owl affronty rising
displayed Gules beaked
tailed and winged Or
armed Gules holding in
its dexter claw a spear
Gules steeled (tipped)
Or.
Motto:
Si
Vis Pacem Para Bellum.
Assumed:
Greece February 11,
2018.
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The
last name Karagiannis is
a nick-name added four
generations ago, instead
of the ordinal family
last name Leloudas.
Αccording to oral family
tradition the Leloudas
surname comes from the
French Lelude,
considering a possible
blood lineage to the
French during the
13th-14th centuries
(Frankish Principality
of Achaea, Peloponnese,
Greece, 1204-1430 AD).
The armiger’s family
origins are from Achaea
and Ileia, in
Peloponnese.
The
armiger has chosen Or as
a symbol of the sun,
elevation of the mind,
generosity and a clue to
Leloudas/Lelude last
name, meaning a glade or
light in French. The
Gules represents the red
colour of a warrior’s
courage, magnanimity and
a tribute to a warrior
ancestry from his sixth
great grandfather Tasos
Leloudas, fighter of the
Greek independence
revolution in 1821 to
his father Tasos
Karagiannis, also a
Greek army officer,
fighter both of the WW
II (El Alamein, Rimini)
and the Greek
Expeditionary Force in
Korea war in 1950.
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The
griffin represents a
symbol of the sun and
light. Griffins are
flying the chariot of
the Greek god Apollo to
Hyperboreans and are
drawing the chariot of
Nemesis, the Greek
avenging goddess bearing
in her hand a sword.
There is a griffin on
the attributed shield of
Alexander the Great,
depicted in a Hans
Burgkmayr engraving
(1519 AD - Nine
Worthies). Golden rings
with engraved griffins
upon them have been
found in Mycenaean tombs
in Peloponnese. Griffins
are a medieval
representative of the
East, under Frankish
rule of Morea, the Akova
castle in Peloponnese,
Greece, named as
Mattegriffon, meaning
griffins are monsters
like the Greeks.
Additionally, a griffin
is a symbol of strength,
courage, vigilance,
valour and perseverance,
a guard of treasures and
rapidity of execution.
It dares all dangers and
even death itself.
According to one
etymological approach
the griffin is connected
to Christianity by the
words "gryps" and
"cherub".
The
opened book indicates a
love of knowledge, love
for books and an
important source for the
family, creating a
sufficient library. The
fleur-de-lis represents
a possible blood lineage
to the French and the
flaming sword focuses on
Christian warriors and
the battles they fought
against Muslim soldiers,
especially during the
battle of Agoulinitsa
(24/4/1821) and the
battle of the
Agoulinitsa lagoon
(10/11/1825), where the
armiger’s ancestor Tasos
Leloudas victoriously
fought. The book’s
inscription "Know
thyself" (in Greek), is
the main teaching of
Socrates. Through
self-knowledge and soul
searching, a person can
reach theosis, an
esoteric philosophy the
armiger’s family strives
for.
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Motto:
Si vis pacem, para
bellum is a Latin adage
translated as "If you
want peace, prepare for
war" (Vegetius, inspired
by Plato at Laws I,
628-629). The armiger
states the value of an
ongoing preparedness and
preparation.
The owl of the crest has
a triple symbolism: It
is a symbol of Athens,
the armiger’s birth
city, a symbol of
education, indicating
the armiger’s profession
and a symbol of
vigilance, acute wit and
associated with spirits.
A nocturnal bird of prey
with psychic powers, the
angel of death,
spiritual influence,
wisdom, knowledge,
inner-knowing and
intuition, a messenger
between earth and
heavenly spirit, can see
through deception and
illusion, find hidden
truths. The bird teaches
us to accept the dark
side of our personality.
The armiger embraces all
these aspects. The spear
indicates that the
armiger served in the
Hellenic Armed forces,
has a devotion to honour
and strives to practice
the chivalric rules of a
gallant knight of old in
his everyday life.
Badge: The lion couchant
is an emblem of restful
vigilance and conscious
power, prepared
instantly to attack or
defend. The White Tower
is the symbol of the
city of Thessaloniki,
where the armiger lives.
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