Gregory VII ( el, Γρηγόριος Ζʹ, secular name Gregory Zervoudakis, ; 21 September 1850 – 17 November 1924) was
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...
from 1923 until 1924. He was the
Metroplitan of Chalcedon before being elevated to the patriarchal throne.
[Paschalis Kitromilides, ''Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World: The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity'' (Taylor & Francis, 2018) p. 67] He imported the
New Style Calendar to the
Church of Constantinople. He died suddenly of a massive
heart attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...
in 1924.
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His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VII of Constantinople
1850 births
1924 deaths
People from Sifnos
20th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
Bishops of Chalcedon
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