Evangelos Georgiou was born about 1876 in Srebreno, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Asprogeia, Florina regional unit).

In 1897, he volunteered for military service in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 where he would take part in the Battle of Velestino.

In 1904, as a Makedonomachos, he would form one of the first organized armed groups with external Greek support in the Macedonian Struggle.

He co-operated with Germanos Karavangelis, who brought him in contact with volunteers who had just arrived from Crete.

He organized his own troop and inflicted many losses on the IMRO, most importantly the extermination of the Voivode Kirchev.