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==Life==
Aimilianos Lazaridis, also Emilianos, was born in 1877 in Perm, a Turkish speaking Greek village of Konya. A Greek living in the Macedonian area of the Balkans at the turn of the twentieth century, Aimilianos studied in the [[Theological School of Halki]]. He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] and served under [[Metropolitan]] [[Joachim (Phoropoulos ) of Pelagonia]] in Macedonia. Advancing in seniority, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[Bishop]] of Petras, [[Auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] to the Bishop of Pelagonia. In 1908, he was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the Metropolitan of Grevena.
On [[October 14]], 1911, Metr. Aimilianos and his deacon Dimitrios Anagnostou were ambushed by members of the Turkish army while traveling between villages and were killed. Their bodies were terribly mutilated. A tradition from that time relates that their bodies were found when a shepherd saw a burning candle in the forest that led a group of villagers to their bodies. The bodies were recovered and laid to rest on [[October 24]], 1911 at the grounds of the Church St. George in Varosi at a funeral officiated by three metropolitans.<ref>[http://cultureportalweb.rwm.gr/article.php?article_id=24&topic_id=10&level=3&belongs=&area_id=5&lang=en Regional Guide of West Macedonia The "Armatoliki" of Grevena Aimilianos Lazaridis]</ref>
