However a short time thereafter , the terrible period of the great persecution of the Anatolian Greeks erupted , especially in the regions of Samsun and Pafra . From then on the activities of the Bishop of Zela changed from efforts for progress and revival , into struggles for relief and retrenchment . He transitioned untiringly from place to place , oftentimes in danger and tried by deprivations and malaise , in order to provide his assistance to those he found in despair or in exile , and to the distressed Orthodox Christians
great persecution of the Anatolian Greeks
Greek genocide
Euthymios (Agritellis)