Gregory VII of Constantinople

Gregory VII of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In office6 December 1923 – 17 November 1924
PredecessorMeletius IV of Constantinople
SuccessorConstantine VI of Constantinople
Personal details
Born
Gregory Zervoudakis

21 September 1850
Died17 November 1924 (aged 74)

Gregory VII (Greek: Γρηγόριος Ζʹ; secular name Gregorios Zervoudakis (Ζερβουδάκης);[1] 21 September 1850 – 17 November 1924) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1923 until 1924. He was the Metropolitan of Chalcedon before being elevated to the patriarchal throne. [2] He imported the New Style Calendar to the Church of Constantinople. He died suddenly of a massive heart attack in 1924.

  1. ^ Demetrius Kiminas, The Ecumenical Patriarchate (Borgo Press, 2009) p. 43
  2. ^ Paschalis Kitromilides, Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World: The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity (Taylor & Francis, 2018) p. 67