Background
Orologas was born in Korçë, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day southern Albania) (Northern Epirus).
Orologas was born in Korçë, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day southern Albania) (Northern Epirus).
He was one of the most important personalities of the press in Thessaloniki during the period 1912-2012. In 1920s he is found in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he became active as a journalist in the local press He also wrote as a columnist there.
Latter in 1939 he became one of the directors of the local newspaper "Απογευματινή" (Apogevmatini), where he also wrote several articles, especially critics signing under the pen name "Vradynos".
He also wrote for several other newspapers published in Thessaloniki: "Μακεδονία" (Macedonia), "Εθνική" (National), "Φως" (Light) and "Νέοι Καιροί" (Modern Times). Orologas has been characterized as the "most spiritual and courageous form of the journalistic world" of his time in Greece.
His work included also critical essays related to the literary issues, while he also influenced contemporary Greek literary thought.
The specific newspaper was politically oriented against Venizelism.
In 1938 Orologas was involved in a literary dispute with the progressive authors and journalists of the magazine "Μακεδονικές Ημέρες" (Macedonian Times), defending a conservative approach in literature.