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Timeline of Orthodoxy in the British Isles

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1927)
*1850 Greek Orthodox church built in London Street in the City.
*1866 [[British Orthodox Church (Coptic)]] is originally established, when a Frenchman, [[w:Jules Ferrette|Jules Ferrette]], was consecrated as a bishop by the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] with the purpose of re-establishing Orthodoxy to the West.
[[Image:GreekOrthodoxCathedral Bayswater London.jpg|right|thumb|Greek Orthodox Cathedral of [[w:Saint Sophia (London)|St. Sophia, Bayswater, London]].]]
*1877 Greek Orthodox [[w:Saint Sophia (London)|Church of the Divine Wisdom (St Sophia)]] in Bayswater built, the first [[Divine Liturgy|Liturgy]] being celebrated on June 1, 1879, 18 months after [[w:Ralli Brothers|Eustratios Ralli]] laid the first stone.
*1882 Greek Orthodox [[w:Saint Sophia (London)|Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Sophia]] is consecrated by Antonios, Abp. of Corfu, being the mother church of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Greek Orthodox church in Great Britain]].
*1884 [[Nicholas II of Russia]] meets Princess [[Alexandra Romanov|Alice Victoria Helen Louise Beatrix von Hessen-Darmstadt]]
*1885 [[w:Revised Version|English Revised Version]] published; [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] officially removes all of [[Apocrypha]] from the Authorized [[w:Authorized King James Version|King James Bible]].
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