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| The Martyrdom of St. Gregory V |
Listed below are the venerable Patriarchs of Constantinople who suffered martyric deaths under the Turks and paved the way towards freedom for the Greek people.
Cyril Loukaris - The Protomartyr of the Patriarchs, on 27 June 1638 he was strangled and his body was flung into the Bosporus.
Cyril II Kontaris - Hanged in 1639
Parthenios I - Poisoned in 1644
Parthenios II - Strangled in 1651
Parthenios III - Hanged in 1657
Gabriel II - Hanged in 1657. He was Patriarch for only 12 days.
Meletios II - After being tortured brutally with a chain and log, he died of his injuries in 1769.
Gregory V - Hanged on Holy Pascha in 1821 at the Patriarchal Gate, which remains closed today since that time. His death was the banner of the Greek Revolution.
Cyril VI - Hanged on 18 April 1821 while in exile in Andrionople.
Evgenios II - Successor to Gregory V, he was surrendered to the mob, and died from injuries on 22 July 1822.
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| St. Cyril Loukaris |
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| Recovery of the body of St. Cyril VI |