Gregory Orologas
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Saint Gregory (Orologas) of Kydonies the Ethno-Hieromartyr,[2] also Gregory of Cydoniae[3] (Greek: Γρηγόριος Ωρολογάς Gregorios Orologas), 1864–1922, was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop in the early 20th century in northwest Anatolia, in the Ottoman Empire.
Saint Gregory of Kydonies Ἅγιος Γρηγόρος Κυδωνιών | |
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Metropolitan of Kydonies New Ethno-Hieromartyr | |
Born | 1864 Manisa, Ottoman Empire. |
Died | October 3, 1922 Altınova, Ottoman Empire. |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | November 4, 1992, by Church of Greece.[note 1] |
Feast | Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 7–13) |
He was initially the Metropolitan of Strumica, in the region of Macedonia (October 12, 1902 – July 22, 1908), and then became the Metropolitan of Kydonies (modern Ayvalık), in northwestern Anatolia (July 22, 1908 – October 3, 1922). He was executed by the Turkish Army at the end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).[4]
He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church as an Ethno-Hieromartyr (Greek: Ἐθνοϊερομάρτυρας), and his feast day is celebrated on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross each year (September 7–13).