البطريرك جريجوريوس

البطريرك جريجوريوس

c. April 1821 CE · c. Rajab 1236 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople — executed on Easter day 1821 after an Ottoman raid on the patriarchate seized documents tying him to the Greek revolt's secret society; he admitted everything, per the source 1.

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Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople at the time of the revolt in the Morea. Al-Salabi reports that he was a member of the society for the Great Greek Restoration (the Great Idea). When Russia denounced the rebellion of the Orthodox, he was obliged to issue a decree of excommunication against the rebels. 1

Ottoman intelligence raided the Patriarchate, and documents came into the government's hands: letters from priests who led the revolt in the Morea, correspondence with the embassies of England and France, news of weapons from the secret society's centre in Odessa, and receipts for financial aid. The Patriarch did not deny anything, but said that he had done everything himself. 1

Sultan Mahmud II issued a firman for his removal and then his execution. The sentence was carried out on the Orthodox Easter feast in about 1821 CE, and Anthimos was elected in his place. 1

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ثورة المورة (اليونان)

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  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 364-365
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islam.museum contributors. “البطريرك جريجوريوس”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/gregorios-v-patriarch/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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إبراهيم باشا المصري

Ibrahim Pasha, Muhammad Ali's son — crushed the Morea revolt taking Navarino and Athens, then conquered Syria where he lifted restrictions on Christians and Jews and opened the country to Western missions; the 1840 London convention forced Egypt's withdrawal.