by the Greek Orthodox Church as an ethnomartyr . In his memory, the Saint Peter Gate, once the main gate of the Patriarchate compound, was welded shut in 1821 and has remained shut ever since.

The execution of Gregory V, especially on the day of Pascha, was said to have shocked and infuriated the Greeks, and Orthodox Russia. It also caused protests in the rest of Europe and reinforced the movement of Philhellenism. There