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==United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927-Present)==
*1928 [[Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]] is founded; the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] appointed the 38-year-old Archimandrite Nicholas (Karpov) to London.
*1929 On All Saints Sunday, June 30, Archimandrite [[Nicholas (Karpov) of London|Nicholas (Karpov)]] was consecrated Bishop of London (ROCOR); present at the consecration was the Grand Duchess [http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksenia_Aleksandrovna_av_Russland&ei=qF8mTKaCGcG88gbZ99yCBQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKsenia%2BAleksandrovna%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26prmd%3Db Ksenia Aleksandrovna], the sister of the martyred [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nicholas II]].
*1933 Canon John Douglas (1868-1956) became the Secretary of the Church of England Council on Foreign Relations, whose main object in dealing with the Orthodox was to obtain from them official recognition of Anglican Orders.<ref group="note">He was only partially successful, for only three Patriarchates (those of Constantinople, Alexandria and Jerusalem, together with the Church of Cyprus) made a favourable pronouncement. Later in 1936, the Romanian Church came to a similar conclusion. The rest of the Orthodox world, in the absence of the Russian Church which had been silenced under the Communist regime, refrained from committing itself either way.</ref>
*1934 [[Nicholas (Gibbes)]], former English tutor of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, converted to Orthodox Christianity, and was tonsured a [[monk]] then ordained to the [[Presbyter|priesthood]].
