By Anthony Patrikios
Saint Gregory (Kallides) was innate on the 24th of January in 1844 from pious parents, John and Euphrosyne, in Kumbos (today's Kumbag) of the subject of Herakleia in Eastern Thrace. From a fresh age he showed an thing towards the priesthood and was consequently recruited to present under the Built-up of Selybria and taking into account Serres, Meletios Theophilides of Thessaloniki, from whom he time-honored the first magnitude of the priesthood on 26 February 1862. He awkward particularly in the burly schools of Serres, under the comportment of John Pandazidis, who taking into account became a mentor of the University, and professional his studies at Rizarios Train in and the Theological Train in of the Circumstances and Kapodistrian University of Athens
In Athens Built-up Theophilos Vlachopapadopoulos (1862-1873) enormous him to be his Archdeacon, in impression of his natural history and basic excellence. Thus he took part in the doxology for the doorway of the as a result bride Emperor Olga and taking into account at the baptism ceremony of the offspring Constantine.
More or less the go out with 1873 Gregory was a Scholarch in Raidesto (today's Tekirdag), and in 1874 he was the chancellor of Built-up Panaretos of Herakleia and a nun, until he time-honored the third magnitude of the priesthood and named Bishop of Nazianzus on 24 Display 1875. As an give up bishop of the Built-up of Herakleia, with bulky meticulousness, together with Greek fan leaders, he sealed the conurbation of Raidesto from the condemnation of 45,000 Circassians arrived the Russo-Turkish War, until they welcomed the Russians.
Inwards the go of the Bulgarian Exarchate, he was sent by the Patriarchate to Adrianople as exarch. In the past the anger bestow chary Built-up Dionysios V, the taking into account Ecumenical Patriarch (1887-1891), he represented him equally he was absent since hospitalized in Constantinople.
In the past a three-month slouch in Adrianople, he was elected on 12 May 1879 to be the Built-up of Trebizond by Patriarch Joachim III the magnificent arrived his first patriarchate.
Gregory Kallides pastored the subject of Trebizond for five go and was a good quality offspring of his predecessors, who graced this municipality throne of the Komnenoi and Trebizond. From the day of his enthronement he initiated the work to confirmation for his crowd from the attacks of Turkish seasonal neighbors.
The same, he saw to the cavity of the brawny taxation on Christians. He restored unity and harmony connecting his crowd and rewrote the community regulations of the Roman Emblem community. Along with the help of the bulky benefactors Theophylaktos and Phokionos Kiousis, he created a productive small hotel from estates which obscured the saving of the schools. For these activities he was congratulated by the Patriarch with a separate epistle on June 13, 1880.
Inwards his prelacy in Trebizond in 1879, the Immoderate House of worship, having time-honored the exarchies of the three Stavropegic Monasteries of Soumela, Vazelon and Peristereota, ready them theme to the conventional relief of the Town of Trebizond, in hopes of outstrip increase and prosperity connecting Christians.
In Trebizond Gregory Kallides was commissioned by the Immoderate House of worship, with a synodal epistle outdated 22 October 1879 by Patriarch Joachim III, the supervisory plan ahead of these three Stavropegic Monasteries, which he undertook with visits on unvarying intervals. But from April of 1886, the aim of Christians in the borough returned back to Soumela Monastery.
Gregory Kallides of Trebizond, who was elected to the throne of the most-holy Town of Thessaloniki, was succeeded by Gregory III of Lesvos who was transferred from creature Bishop of Philippopolis. The enthronement of Built-up Gregory in Thessaloniki took place on 20 Display 1885 amidst a harden of flash.
Inwards the prelacy of Gregory Kallides, he found himself to be in the high spot of abundant ramble connecting the community of Thessaloniki in regards to the take part in a ballot of domestic leaders of the conurbation. At that time lush merger human resources began to desecrate, who had claimed an attestable take part in a ballot to the ruling body of elders and the group of the community. The powerful members of institutions in the borough were merchants, landowners, lawyers and doctors. The leaders of the merger human resources required for a distinction in the cuisine of the electoral cage, which no longer favored them. In this way the assured battles of the 1880's cleaned out out which resulted in the free of Built-up Gregory Kallides. Up till now, community conflicts had begun ache further on the era of the prelacy of Gregory, and lasted assorted go at the rear, consequently becoming a novelist to free two accelerate Metropolitans, Kallinikos Photiadis (1878-1883) and Athanasios Megaklis (1893-1900).
S. Ioannides, D. Vlatsis and K. Sfikas were merger government, the weakest class in greatest of the conurbation, and they supported Built-up Gregory, which resulted in him creature slandered to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In 1888 unwilling factions disperse strange document insult sensitive charges chary Built-up Gregory, suddenly further on a trial was to acknowledge place in Constantinople to conclude the blocked pore.
On April 29, 1889 the Ecumenical Patriarchate acquitted the not guilty Built-up Gregory in a remembrance build. The accusers did not serve up any trial. The government of the accusers were T. Georgiadis, G. Gravaris and T. Papageorgios. Participating in we hardship admission that Alfred Abbott, a descendent of an old and lush relatives, and Stavros Hatzilazaros, had sided with the Built-up in kindness of the unkind portions of the merger human resources.
In the past his evidence, Built-up Gregory was right and remained in Constantinople, not eager to return to Thessaloniki, consequently giving way himself to the availability of the Immoderate House of worship, by which he was elected Built-up of Ioannina on September 28, 1889.
As Built-up of Ioannina he was elected by excellence to be a limb of the Synod, so he returned to Constantinople in 1892. In his place he missing his chancellor Panaretos, who was as a result elected one after the other as the bishop of Nazianzus and the chorepiscopos of Tatavla.
In the Emperor Metropolis, Gregory served as Chairman of the Steering Hearing of the Printing Gang of the Patriarchate, Chairman of the Manage Hearing of Monastic Estates and a limb of the Tax Separate of the Hallowed Theological Train in. Painstakingly crucial were his activities as Chairman of the Ecclesiastical Court of the Patriarchate. He returned afterward over to Ioannina in May of 1894.
Inwards the war of 1897, together with the wide consuls, he available the conurbation of Ioannina from the Turks, and was well-regarded by the king-to-be Acme Prince Constantine with the medal of the Admirable Commander-in-chief of the Knight in shining armor Christ, since at the vastly time sound from the Royal leader of Russia the Extravagant Cross of Saint Anna and from the ruler of Montenegro the Extravagant Cross of Daniel. We hardship admission submit that his welcome as a Hierarch was acclaimed by the Turkish line closer, equally he was well-regarded by the Sultan in November of 1885 with the medal of the Osmanieh 2nd Rift. He served in the Synod under Patriarch Neophytos VIII, Constantine V and Joachim III and became Chairman of the Circumstances Legislature, at which time he time-honored the Serbian Extravagant Cross of Saint Savvas.
On May 22nd of the go out with 1902 Patriarch Joachim III enormous Gregory to the old Town of Herakleia and Raidesto, in the place of Jerome, in order for Sophronios of Nicaea to be elected for Ioannina. The other candidates for the Town of Herakleia were Anthimos of Amaseia and Constantine of Berroia. The past Built-up of Herakleia, Jerome, was transferred over to the Town of Nicaea.
To absolute his provinces film the areas of Raidesto and Harioupolis he directly bishops: Bishop Germanos of Nazianzus in the sections of Herakleia and Tyroloi and Bishop Philotheos of Harioupolis in the sections of Kessani, Malgaron and Makras Gephyras.
The House of worship of Herakleia, which was founded by the first-called Apostle Andrew, was the possessions Town in Thrace, and Byzantium, taking into account named Constantinople, belonged to this See. At the Fourth Ecumenical Synod in Chalcedon in 451, the House of worship of Constantinople was enormous to New Rome. Up till now, the Town of Herakleia classified the accurate to hand over the patriarchal staff to each Ecumenical Patriarch.
In the brood go of his prelacy in the Town of Herakleia, he transferred and delivered to a Hungarian group the bones of the prince of Transylvania, Francis II Rakoczi, and other Hungarian exiles from the beginning of the eighteenth century at the rear the Peace of Karlowitz who were suppressed on the produce of Sancta Maria de Misericordia (Gr. Panagia of Reumatokrateiras). He was as a result well-regarded by the Austrian Representatives with the Extravagant Cross of Francis Joseph.
In the five go amid 1902 and 1907 Built-up Gregory of Herakleia, with the help of Greek diplomats, managed to protect the subject from the harsh conditions of the Unia, who equally the mid-19th century ready their veneer in the leave, as well as from the activities of the Bulgarian Exarchate.
In Raidesto he set the basis stone for the give shelter to of the Thracian Intellectual Link in 1873, the initial school for girls "the Theodorideia", the initial school for boys "Georgiadeion", the Playgroup "Georgiadeion" and the important keep at the quayside of the conurbation.
He bought and repaired the Yiangou assembly and he donated it as the Town loft in Raidesto, provided that each respective Built-up near 35 crowned heads each go out with to the school pot. This is why the Greek community of Raidesto has in black and white his name in their official recipe and proclaimed him their Immoderate Supporter.
Built-up Gregory also deposited money in the Circumstances Edge for the carry-over of a coach in his disembark of Kumbos, and he named its municipal school "Kallideion".
In Raidesto, at the rear a life of to a large extent yank and torture, he saw the lion's share of Christians in Thrace cast out.
He collaborated with the expatriate Armenians, Turks and Jews so that Raidesto would not take on, and he was ready good quality to receive on July 7th in 1920 the Greek Emit Army from the Smyrna zone and the nearest day the fresh king Alexander. He was the first limb of the Hearing of Thracian Emblem, Muslims, Armenians and Jews, which gave their gratitude to King Alexander and the Representatives of Venizelos and took part in the celebration of the Circumstances Triumph.
For the rush time he went to Athens at the rear the death of King Alexander, with the Companionable Leaders and Representatives of Thrace for the hail of King Constantine. He went to Thessaly and Macedonia to exhort and promote bestow the return of Thracians to their disembark, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Rally round. He took part in the Synod of the Old and New Territories in 1921 in which he had the be in charge of control in all the sessions.
Most recently, anyhow his advanced age, he continued working indefatigably in the Thracian fort for the spiritual development of his crowd sound with it the unquestionable size of Thrace.
But these glories and honors came to disintegration with the black joke about, the disintegration in 1922 that tore dazed the eternal Hellenism of Asia Inconsequential and Eastern Thrace from their domestic homes. So Built-up Gregory, desire another Moses, with his banishment staff, was a free-handed support for his displaced crowd, and he led them confidently to Greece.
The run go of his life he dragging in Thessaloniki, at let-up not including eager to acknowledge up a new Town.
On April 12 (Palm Sunday) in 1925 Built-up Gennadios Alexiadis of Thessaloniki and the community of Thessaloniki well-regarded Built-up Gregory for the denouement of fifty go of his God-loving and nation-loving hierarchical service. In the past a blissful Lovely Liturgy bestow followed a somber demonstrate at Saint Gregory Palamas with Ecumenical Patriarch Constantine grant, as well as other Metropolitans of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Autocephalous House of worship of Greece, government of Appear Athos and the Greek Impertinence, air force and domestic leaders.
The news item "Gregorios o Palamas" highly-flavored their ninth body (1925) to Built-up Gregory Kallides on the incident of the jubilee of his hierarchical service.
Built-up Gregory, the Archbishop of Herakleia and Raidesto, at the rear a brief grievance, gave his run praise at midnight on Thursday July 23, 1925. His funeral service took place with splendour by Built-up Gennadios of Thessaloniki, Diodoros of Campania, Joachim of Apolloniados and Irenaeus of Cassandreia in the Hallowed House of worship of Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki. Anyway grant were Metropolitans Constantine of Serres and Neophytos of Sidirokastro, the Armenian bishop, a representative of the Pilot Rabbi, unlike officials and the seal off intimate of God. Along with splendour the hulk was brought to the cemetery of Evangelistria anywhere it was suppressed at the hurtle of the municipal.
On October 20, 1979 His Holiness Built-up Panteleimon II of Thessaloniki translated his sacred corpse which were open to be aromatic and equally as a result have possession of performed unlike miracles.
As soon as the activities of His Holiness Built-up Panteleimon II of Thessaloniki in the Transcendent Synod of the House of worship of Greece and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a Patriarchal and Synodal Act was issued on 22 May 2003, legitimately placing Saint Gregory in the list of Saints of the Eastern Emblem House of worship and the day for his celebration was nominated for July 25th (the day of his contentment) and October 20th (the day of his side) as a rush festival.
The Patriarchal and Synodal Act was brought by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I himself with a patriarchal advantage, and he presided over the service/doxology for the classification of Saint Gregory in the list of the saints of our House of worship, in the Hallowed House of worship of Saint Demetrios on 29 May 2003.
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