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==Byzantine music==
During his life time Gregory participated in a historic reform of [[Byzantine notationNotation|byzantine music notation]]. Gregory, along with the archimandrite Chrysanthos and Chourmouzios Chartophylax, often referred to as the ''Three Teachers'', systematized into a single method the theory of [[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine Music]]. In 1814, they developed an explanation of the old notation and transcribed the melodies as used from before 1814 into the new notation that they had developed.
To dispel suspicion that the Teachers were inventing new [[Psalter|Psalmody]], the Three Teachers presented their new method of teaching and learning Byzantine music to the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. After thorough discussions, the [[Synod]], under the chair of [[Patriarch]] Cyril VI, approved their work.