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==Modern era (1821-1917)==
*1821 [[Germanos of Patra|Greek independence declared ]] on the Day of [[Annunciation]] ([[March 25]]), also [[Kyriopascha]]; execution of [[Saint titles|Hieromartyrs]] Patr. [[Gregory V of Constantinople]], Abp. [[Kyprianos of Cyprus]], and Abp. [[Gerasimos of Crete]] in retaliation.*1823 Miracle-working icon of [[Panagia of Tinos|Panagia Evangelistria ]] is excavated on the Greek island of Tinos, according to a vision from [[Pelagia of Tinos|St. Pelagia]], becoming the most venerated pilgrimage item in Greece, at [[Church of Evangelistria (Tinos, Greece)]].
*1825 Russia and Britain established the Alaska/Canada boundary.
*1827 Anglican priest John Nelson Darby became an influential member of the movement now known as the Plymouth Brethren, and advocate of ''dispensational premillenialism''.
*2005 Major controversy in Ukraine involving the almost exclusively western Ukraine-based [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Uniate]] Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) moving its administrative centre on August 21 from Lviv to Kiev, constructing a huge uniate cathedral there ''(sponsored by the first lady Kateryna Yushchenko-Chumachenko)'', and its plans to establish a patriarchate, all of which was roundly criticized not only by the [[Church of Ukraine|UOC(MP)]], but also by the whole Eastern Orthodox Communion.
*2006 Publication of first Orthodox prayer book in Chinese and Russian; Pope [[Benedict XVI]] drops ''Patriarch of the West'' title; Russian Orthodox parish opened in Pyongyang, North Korea; Orthodox-Roman Catholic Joint Theological Commission, 9th plenary, meets in Belgrade, Serbia; Pope [[Benedict XVI]] visits Ecumenical Patriarchate, drawing criticism from [[Mount Athos]]; Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]] visits Vatican; Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission, 13th plenary, in Bratislava, issues statement ''"The Holy Eucharist in the Life of the Church"''.
*2007 Restoration of [[full communion]] between [[Moscow Patriarchate]] and [[ROCOR]]; 1600th anniversary celebration of the repose of [[John Chrysostom|St. John Chrysostom]]; the [[Roman Catholic Church|Vatican]] [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Vatican_abolishes_Limbo formally abolishes doctrine of Limbo]; the number of Orthodox believers in Italy reaches almost one million as a result of intensive migratory flow from Romania and Ukraine; a synod of over 50 bishops of the [[Church of Ukraine|Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate]] (UOC-MP) announced in December in Kiev that the UOC-MP is ''“an autonomous, historical part of the Russian Orthodox Church.;”''* 2007 The the [http://zenit.org/article-20743?l=english 10th plenary assembly] of the Orthodox-Roman Catholic Joint Commission met in Ravenna, Italy, led by co-presidents [[w:Walter Kasper|Cardinal Walter Kasper]] and [[John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon|Metropolitan Ioannis Zizioulas of Pergamon]], agreeing upon a joint document consisting of 46 articles providing an ecclesiatical road map in discussing union; .*2008 [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=4495 First Orthodox Liturgy is celebrated at the commission agreed that Rome occupied the "''first place''" in canonical order of the ancient seats of bishopsNorth Pole], but disagreed on the interpretation under Archbishop Ignaty of the historical evidence from this era regarding the prerogatives of the bishop of Rome as "''protos''"Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka; the delegation from the [[Church of Russia|Patriarchate of Moscow Orthodox Study Bible]] withdrew from the joint session over the presence of delegates from the [[Church of Estonia|Church of Estonia]] despite a compromise offered by the ([[Ecumenical PatriarchateSeptuagint]]) is published.
