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[[Image:Sophrony8.jpg|right|thumb|Archimandrite [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]] (+1993).]]
[[Image:Anthony Bloom.jpg|right|thumb|Metr. [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh]], (1962-2003).]]
[[Image:Hinton St Mary Mosaic.jpg|right|thumb|The [[w:Hinton St Mary Mosaic|Hinton St Mary Mosaic]], mid 4th-c. AD. discovered in 1963.]]
*1951 Death of [[Germanos (Strinopoulos) of Thyateria and Great Britain|Germonos (Strinopoulos)]]; succeeded by Abp. [[Athenagoras (Cavadas) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Cavadas)]], (1951-1962).
*1952 Professor, lay theologian and [[Apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[C. S. Lewis]] writes ''[[w:Mere Christianity|Mere Christianity]],'' a classic of Christian apologetics.<ref group="note">Raised in a church-going family in the Church of Ireland, Lewis became an atheist at the age of 15, though he later paradoxically described his young self as being "very angry with God for not existing". Influenced by arguments with his Oxford colleague and friend [[w:J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien]], and by the book ''[[w:The Everlasting Man|The Everlasting Man]]'' by [[w:G. K. Chesterton|G. K. Chesterton]], he slowly rediscovered Christianity. After his conversion to theism in 1929, Lewis converted to Christianity in 1931. A committed Anglican, Lewis upheld a largely orthodox Anglican theology, though in his apologetic writings, he made an effort to avoid espousing any one denomination. ''[[w:Mere Christianity|Mere Christianity]]'' was voted best book of the 20th century by the Evangelical magazine ''[[w:Christianity Today|Christianity Today]]'' in 2000.</ref>
*1959 Patriarchal [[Stavropegic]] [[Monastery]] of [[Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Maldon, Essex)|St. John the Baptist]] founded by Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)|Sophrony]] in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex under the [[jurisdiction]] of Metr. [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh|Anthony (Bloom)]] of [[Diocese of Sourozh|Sourozh]].
*1962 Repose of [[Athenagoras (Cavadas) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Cavadas)]]; [[Diocese of Sourozh]] is founded by Metr. [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh]]; the Russian Church did not name the Diocese after British territory, so as not to upset good relations with the Church of England.
*1963 Abp. [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Kokkinakis)]] is elected by the Holy Synod of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] as Metropolitan of [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Thyateira and Great Britain]] (1963-1979); Timothy Ware (future Bp. [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]]) writes ''The Orthodox Church,'' a classc introduction to the riches of Orthodoxy, written for a Western audience with no prior historical connection to the Orthodox faith; a large, almost complete [[w:Hinton St Mary Mosaic|Roman mosaic]] (mid-4th century) is discovered at Hinton St Mary in the English county of Dorset, apparaently featuring a portrait bust of [[Jesus Christ]] with the [[Labarum|Chi-Rho]] symbol as its central motif, attributed to the workshop of the [[w:Durnovaria|Durnovarian]] school of mosaic art.
*1964 [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Gregorios (Theocharous)]] appointed Chancellor of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Thyateira]].
*1965 [[Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Maldon, Essex)|Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist]] moved under the Ecumenical Patriarchate; [[Nicholas Couris]] ordained a priest for [[ROCOR]] in Ireland.
