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==History==
*ca.47-48 [[Apostle Paul]]'s mission to Cyprus.*ca.49 Paul's mission to Philippi, Thessaloniki and Veria.
*49 Paul's mission to Athens.
*ca.51-52 Paul's first mission to Corinth; he writes his two Epistles to the Thessalonians. *ca.54 Paul writes his First Epistle to the Corinthians.*ca.55 Paul revisits Corinth.*ca.56 Paul revisits Macedonia; he writes his Second Epistle to the Corinthians.*ca.61 Paul shipwrecked in Crete.*ca.95 Apocalypse of John written on the island of Patmos.*ca.431 [[Church of Cyprus]] autocephalous.*860 St. Cyril and Methodius of Thessaloniki mission to the Slavs.
*1430 The [[monks]] of [[Mount Athos]] submit to Sultan Murad II and keep their autonomy.
*1453 Fall of Constantinople to the Turks.
*1759 School on Mount Athos forced to close down.
*1821 Greek War of Independance begins; martyrdom of Patriarch Gregory V.
*1828 Greek church opened in Londing (second time).*1833 The National Assembly at Nauplio declares the Church of Greece was declared autocephalous as independant from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.*1834 Suppression of many monasteries in this new era.*1850 The Patriarchate Patriarch Anthimos IV recognises the Church of Greece as an autocephalous church under certain . Certain conditions issued in a special "Tomos" decree; as a result, the Greece Greek National Church holds special links with the "Mother Church".*1866 Greek church takes the diocese of the Ionian Islands from Constantinople.*1871 Patriarch Gregory V returned to Athens and entombed in cathedral.
*1881 Thessaly and part of Epirus added to the Church of Greece.
*1901 Publication of Gospels in modern Greek. Riots ensue and publications are withdrawn from circulation.*1912 Epirus, Macedonia and eastern islands, from Northern territories of Greece, are liberated and come under the administration of the Greek Church.*1917 Hierarchy of the Greek Church changed in accordance with political control of the country of Greece.*1923 Treaty of Lausanne hands over contrl of the Holy Mountain to Greece.*1924 Constitution of the Holy Mountain agreed; Greek government adopts new calendar; [[Old Calendarist]] Schism.*1926 Proposal for Mount Athos to be turned into a Casino by Pangalos.*1947 The Dodecanese Islands are liberated but remain under the Patriarchate of Constantinople.*1953 School of Theology on Mount Athos reopened.*2000 Greek church campaigns against omission of compulsory reference to religious affiliation on identity cards.
==Church hierarchy==
