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The '''Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain''', a [[diocese]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] , is the body responsible for the Greek Orthodox Church in Great Britain and is headquartered in London. The Archdiocese is currently headed by His Eminence [[Archbishop]] [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Gregorios]] of Thyateira and Great Britain.

The first recorded organised Greek Orthodox community in England was established in 1670 by a group of 100 Greek refugees from Mani. There were also theologians, students, coffee shop owners, traders and sailors. Their [[priest]] was Daniel Boulgaris, who also seems to have taken the initiative to gain permission from the [[Bishop ]] of London to build a permanent church for his growing flock. His efforts were boosted in 1676 by the arrival of the Archbishop of Samos, Joseph Georgerines, who had originally travelled to London to publish his ''Anthologion'', "for the use of the Eastern Greek Church". Soon, the London authorities granted them permission to build a church. Georgerines then travelled around the country with his manservant, Dominikos Cratianas, to raise the necessary funds.

The church was inaugurated in 1677 in Soho and dedicated to the [[Panagia]] on what soon became Greek Street. However, the situation turned precarious when Dominicos Cratiana was taken to court by his master over the alleged disappearance of funds. Cratiana counteracted by accusing him of being a "[[Pope|Popish ]] plotter".

The church was confiscated in 1684 and handed over to Huguenot refugees from France, much to the anger of the Greek Archbishop, who wrote and circulated a furious pamphlet which criticised this move and detailed how the English authorities had expropriated the community. He wrote that the community "never sold the said Church, nor received any sum for the building thereof". The church no longer stands but the dedicatory plaque that was embedded over the main entrance is now housed in the [[narthex ]] of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia in Bayswater.

The issue of how these significant communities were to be governed was not resolved until 1922, when the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]] [[Meletios IV (Metaxakis) of Constantinople|Meletios IV]] created the [[Diocese]] of Thyateira—named after the famous See of Thyateira in Asia Minor. Based in London, this diocese had [[jurisdiction ]] over all Western Europe.