8,921
edits
Changes
m
→United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1927)
*1908 Oecumenical Patriarchate transfers its rights for four Greek Orthodox community churches to [[Church of Greece]].
*1914 By this time in Great Britain there existed four thriving Greek Orthodox Communities, all centred around a Greek Church of their own: London ([[w:Saint Sophia (London)|Saint Sophia]]), Manchester (The Annunciation), Liverpool (Saint Nicholas), and Cardiff (Saint Nicholas).
*1918 The family of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas]] II Romanov, [[Alexandra Romanov|Alexandra]] and their five children are lined up in their basement and shot, [[July 16]].*1922 Holy Synod of the Oecumenical Patriarchate recognises the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]] with London as its seat; [[Germanos (Strinopoulos) of Thyateria and Great Britain|Germonos (Strinopoulos)]], former Rector of the [[Theological School of Halki|Halki Theological Academy]], is chosen as the first Bishop and Metropolitan of Thyateira (1922-1951) , and first Orthodox Bishop in Great Britain since the Norman conquest in 1066.
*1926 The [http://orientale-lumen.blogspot.com/ Society of St. John Chrysostom] is founded as a group of a group of Catholics of the Latin and Eastern Churches, along with friends in other traditions, promoting awareness and friendship in the Christian West for Christians of the East, through prayer and liturgy, conferences and lectures, and praying for the unity of the Churches of East and West.
*1926 The Russian parish of the Dormition in London split into those who continued to support [[ROCOR]], and those who supported the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]].