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* 596 Gregory the Great sends [[Augustine of Canterbury]]<ref>Saint Augustine of Canterbury is also called the "Apostle to the English".</ref> to Britain to convert the [[w:Kingdom of Kent|Kingdom of Kent]]. | * 596 Gregory the Great sends [[Augustine of Canterbury]]<ref>Saint Augustine of Canterbury is also called the "Apostle to the English".</ref> to Britain to convert the [[w:Kingdom of Kent|Kingdom of Kent]]. |
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Christianity first gained a foothold during the Roman occupation of Britannia, possible as early s the 1st century. The first recorded martyr is Saint Alban who is thought to have lived in the fourth century.
- 305 Protomartyr of England, St. Alban the protomartyr of England[1] (June 22)
- 432 Saint Patrick missions to Ireland.
- 596 Gregory the Great sends Augustine of Canterbury[2] to Britain to convert the Kingdom of Kent.
- 601 The "St Augustine Gospels" are sent to Augustine of Canterbury [3]
- 7th century: Celtic missions are launched in Northumbria (aidan, Cuthbert).
- 604-605 May 26 Repose of Saint Augustine of Canterbury "Apostle to the English".
- 624 St. Mellitus, first known sainted Bishop of London.
- 630 St. Audrey of Ely was born in west Suffolk.
- 647 March 8 - St. Felix of Burgundy, Apostle of East Anglia.
- 675 St. Ethelburgh, first abbess of the Convent of Barking
- 679 St. Audrey of Ely dies.
- 680 June 17 - St. Botolph of Iken dies.
- 694 St. Sebbe, founder of the monastery of Westiminster
- 693 St. Erconwald, Bishop of London
- 696 St. Audrey of Ely body found incorrupt.
- 869 November 20 - King Edmund of East Anglia martyred.
- 870 Ss. Beocca and Hethor, the two martyrs of Chertsey
- 899 October 26 - King Alfred the Great dies.
- 903 relics of King Alfred the Great[4] translated to New Minster.
- 955 November 23 - King Edred of England dies.
- 988 St. Dunstan, Bishop of London.
- 1002 St. Wulsin, renewer of the Monastery of St. Peter.
- 1012 St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury martyred to the east of London at Greenwich.
- 1066 October 14, last Orthodox King of England, Harold of England dies.
after the Great Schism
- 1670 Daniel Voulgaris creates and establishes first Greek Orthodox Community in London.
- 1677 "Temple" erected for the nation of the Greeks [5]
- 1738 Print 'Noon' [6] by William Hogarth [7] shows evidence of a crowd exiting a Greek Orthodox church.
- 1837 Imperial Russian Embasy offers hospitality in London to the Greek Community for their religious activities.
- 1850 Greek Orthodox church built in London Street in the City.
- 1877 Greek Orthodox Church of the Divine Wisdom (St Sophia) in Bayswater built.
- 1906 Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas built in Cardiff.
- 1908 Oecumenical Patriarchate transfers its rights for four Greek Orthodox community churches to Church of Greece.
- 1922 the Holy Synod of the Oecumenical Patriarchate creates the Greek Orthodox ArchDiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, with London as its seat; Germanos Strinopoulos choses as first Bishop and Metropolitan of Thyateira.
- {{Germanos was succeeded after his death in 1951 by Archbishop Athenagoras Kavadas (1951-1962); after his death by Archbishop Athenagoras Kokkinakis (1963-1979) and after his death by Archbishop Methodios Fouyias (1979-1988), who was replaced in April 1988 by the present incumbent of the Archdiocese, Archbishop Gregorios Theocharous (who for the previous 18 years had been Bishop of Tropaeou, serving in North London)}}
- 1966 St. John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of London.
- 1975 The Greek Orthodox community of Saint Panteleimon of Harrow established[8]
- 1996 St. Aidan's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Manchester consecrated by Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby).
- 2005 [September] Mission in Macclesfield dedicated to St. Theodore of Canterbury opens.
- 2007 Repose of Metropolitan Gabriel Saliby (Antiochian); Bishop John Yazigi elected to Metropolitanate of Western and Central Europe.
- 2008 Enthronement of Metropolitan John (Yazigi) of Western and Central Europe, September 20.
Notes
- Some of these dates are necessarily a bit vague, as records for some periods are particularly difficult to piece together accurately.
- The division of Church History into separate eras as done here will always be to some extent arbitrary, though it was attempted to group periods according to major watershed events.
- This timeline is necessarily biased toward the history of the Orthodox Church, though a number of non-Orthodox or purely political events are mentioned for their importance in history related to Orthodoxy or for reference.
See also
External links
Further Reading
References
- ↑ Saint Alban is first mentioned in "Acta Martyrum", and also by Constantius of Lyon in his Life of St Germanus of Auxerre, written about 480
- ↑ Saint Augustine of Canterbury is also called the "Apostle to the English".
- ↑ The "St Augustine Gospels" manuscript is the oldest surviving Latin illustrated Gospel book in existence.
- ↑ Considered a local Saint by the Orthodox church of England but not formally canonised.
- ↑ "In the year of salvation 1677 this Temple was erected for the nation of the Greeks, the Most Serene Charles II being King, and the Roual Prince Lord James being commander of the foreces, the Right Reverend Lord Henry Compton being Bishop, at the expense of the above and other Bishops and Nobles and with the concurrence of our Humility of Samos Joseph Georgeirenes, from the island of Melos." - Inscription from tablet carved in Greek preserved on the west wall of the church Charing Cross Road. This site is now occupied by St Mary's of Kenton a non-Orthodox denomination.
- ↑ From the series entitled "The Four Times of the Day"
- ↑ In Hogarth’s time the portion of the street where the church stood was called Hog Lane. It was later renamed Crown Street and was demolished when Charing Cross Road was widened.
- ↑ http://www.st-panteleimon.org/
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