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*1982 [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] consecrated as Bishop for the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Thyateira and Great Britain]]; the [[St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Brotherhood (Surrey, England)|Church of St. Edward the Martyr]] is founded in Brookwood, Surrey, England, under the authority of Metr. Cyprian of Oropos and Fili ([[Holy Synod in Resistance]]), to care for the sacred relics of Saint [[Edward the Martyr]].
*1984 The second phase of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue was concluded with the publication of ''The Dublin Agreed Statement''.[[Image:Gregorios.jpg|right|thumb|His Eminence Abp. [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain]] (1988-present).]]
*1985 With the departure of Bp. [[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond]] in 1985, ROCOR's Diocese of Great Britian Britain and Ireland did not receive a resident bishop, but was assigned under the [[omophorion]] of His Eminence Abp. [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin]], also Bp. of ROCOR's German diocese (i.e. Bp. of the "Germany and Great Britain Diocese").
*1988 Abp. [[Methodios (Fouyias)]] is succeeded by Abp. [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Gregorios (Theocharous)]] who is elected Abp. of [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Thyateira and Great Britain]] and enthroned at the Cathedral of Sophia in West London.
*1989 The third phase of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue began, when the commission was re-constituted as ''The International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue'' (ICAOTD), under the chairmanship of Metr. [[John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon|John of Pergamon]] and Bp. Henry Hill (succeeded in 1990 by Bp. Mark Dyer).
*1994 The [[British Orthodox Church (Coptic)]], originally established in 1866 as an Oriental Orthodox mission to the West, became a constituency of the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate]], under the leadership of Metr. [[w:Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury|Seraphim of Glastonbury]] and Pope [[Shenouda III (Gayyid) of Alexandria|Shenouda III]].
*1995 Death of [[Philip Sherrard]], theologian; establishment of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland]].
*1996 St. Aidan's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Manchester consecrated by Metropolitan [[Gabriel (Saliby)]]; [[Richard Swinburne]], Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a very influential proponent of [[w:Natural theology|natural theology]], converted from the Church of England to the Greek Orthodox Church; former Anglican priest Fr. [[w:Michael Harper (priest)|Michael Harper]] is appointed Dean of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland]]in April 1996, elevated to the rank of Archpriest in 2006.
*1997 [[Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona]] founded; Fr. [[w:Michael Harper (priest)|Michael Harper]] writes ''[http://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Light-Pilgrimage-Orthodoxy/dp/0340678615 The True Light: A Pilgrimage to Orthodoxy] (A Faith Fulfilled - US edition).''
*1998 [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and family properly laid to rest.
