Gregory of Assos

Saint Gregory was bishop of Assos, a see of the metropolis of Ephesus, and died on Mount Priantos (Priami) in Lesbos in extreme old age, in 1150 or in 1185. He is commemorated on 4 March and on 10 July.

He was born in the village of Akorni Geras, in Lesbos, of pious parents. His relics were uncovered in 1935 and 1936, after about seven hundred and fifty years. The Ecumenical Patriarchate, on the proposal of the Metropolitan of Mytilene, ordained that the day of the translation of the relics of Saint Gregory be kept on the first Sunday after 10 November, which is celebrated every year with great splendour.

The year of his death is not certain, since the source gives two dates, 1150 and 1185.