Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Gregory VPatriarch of Constantinople

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Hieromartyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood

“I have a premonition that the fish of the Bosphorus will eat my body, but I will die calmly, for the sake of saving my nation.”
St. Gregory V Patriarch of Constantinople

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

1745

Dimitsana, Ottoman Empire

Death

10 Apr (23 Apr) 1821

Ottoman Empire

Life path

  • Monk
  • Patriarch

Undertakings & Callings

  • Asceticism

Sufferings

  • Exile
  • Execution

Eras

  • Greek Revolution
  • Turkish yoke

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