Gregory of Durrës (; ; ; Gregory of Dyrrachium) (or Gregory the Printer) (c. 1701–1772) was an Albanian scholar, printer, typographer, and teacher, and an Eastern Orthodox Christian monk and cleric of Ottoman Albania who is thought to have invented a particular Albanian alphabetic script, the Elbasan script, used to write the Elbasan Gospel Manuscript. The manuscript is one of the oldest known pieces of Albanian Orthodox literature, as well as the oldest known Orthodox Bible translation into Albanian. Early life Gregory was born around the end of the 17th century. He is firstly mentioned in 1720 when he is noted to have met a Serbian illuminist in Ottoman Berat. Gregory is reported to have been a student of the Aromanian philosopher Ioannis Chalkeus, a significant figure in the Greek Enlightenment. Before moving to Voskopojë, he worked as a teacher in Berat. Academic career As a budding scholar, Gregory first arrived in Voskopoja some time before 1730, according to historical author Robert Elsie. Gregory was a teacher for a while at the New Academy of Voskopoja. Before 1731 he became a monk, during which time he most probably learned the art of printing. It is not proven where he did his training for printing, though the Venetian printmaker Nikolaos Glykys in Venice is sometimes mentioned in this regard. Career in printing Around 1730 Gregory founded the printing press of Voskopoja. The printing equipment were brought from Venice. In the printing establishment of Voskopoja are known at least 14 acolytes published, mostly portraying local saints, used for liturgical purposes. In general there are 20 different publications having the name of Moscopolis printed in them between 1731 and 1760. An edition from 1769, though considered by most scholars to be from Moscopolis, it lack the name of the city, thus can not be attributed with certainty. Gregory oversaw the printing press at the earliest until 1744, as can be seen from his name on the colophons. After this date his name does not appear in any Moschopole publications. The last work printed at the Moscopol workshop is a school grammar from Theodore Kavalliotis. After 1744, Gregory is thought to have taken up residence at Saint Gjon Vladimir's Church, Elbasan. Gregory was the first to translate the Old and New Testament into Albanian, using an original alphabet he had invented sometime around 1761. After moving to Elbasan, he might have introduced the famous