group article_title feast_day name
note -rcb- -rcb- gregory -lrb- orologas -rrb- of kydonies
 sunday september 7 -- 13 -rrb- before the exaltation of the holy cross -lrb- saint gregory of kydonies
gregory -lrb- orologas -rrb- of kydonies

saint gregory -lrb- orologas -rrb- of kydonies the ethno-hieromartyr , also gregory of cydoniae -lrb- `` gregorios orologas '' -rrb- , 1864 -- 1922 , was a greek orthodox metropolitan bishop in the early 20th century in northwest anatolia , in the ottoman empire .
he was initially the metropolitan of strumica , in the region of macedonia -lrb- october 12 , 1902 -- july 22 , 1908 -rrb- , and then became the metropolitan of kydonies -lrb- modern ayvalik -rrb- , in northwestern anatolia -lrb- july 22 , 1908 -- october 3 , 1922 -rrb- .
he was executed by the turkish army at the end of the greco-turkish war -lrb- 1919 -- 1922 -rrb- .
he is commemorated by the greek orthodox church as an ethno-hieromartyr -lrb- -rrb- and his feast day is celebrated on the sunday before the exaltation of the holy cross each year -lrb- september 7 -- 13 -rrb- .
