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Timeline of Orthodoxy in the British Isles

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The early Christian writers [[Tertullian]] and [[Origen]] mention the existence of a British church in the third century AD and in the fourth century British bishops attended a number of councils, such as the [[Council of Arles of 314|Council of Arles]] in 314 and the [[Council of Rimini]] in 359.
The first member of the British church whom we know by name is St [[Alban]], who, tradition tells us, was martyred for his faith on the spot where St Albans Abbey now stands.
*307 The Church in Britain enjoys peace from the persecutions
*313 "Edict of Toleration" (Milan), Christianity is made legal throughout the empire.
*314 [[Council of Arles of 314|Council of Arles]], for the first time, three British bishops attend a council, including the Abp. of [[w:Roman London|Londinium]], [[w:Restitutus|Restitutus]].
*325 [[First Ecumenical Council]] of Nicea convened by the Roman Emperor [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]].
*337 Constantine received "Christian" baptism on his deathbed; joint rule of Constantine's three sons: Constantine II (to 340); Constans (to 350); Constantius (to 361)
*412 [[Patrick of Ireland]] has a vision of God informing him that he will leave for Ireland.
*415 ''Pelagianism is attacked at the [[Council of Diospolis]]''
*418 ''Pelagianism is condemned at the [[Councils of Carthage|Council of Carthage]]''
*419 King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] born, ca. 419, in South Wales.
*429 [[Celestine of Rome|Celestine I]] dispatches prominent Gallo-Roman Bishops [[Germanus of Auxerre]] and Lupus of Troyes to Britain as missionary bishops and to combat the [[Pelagianism|Pelagian]] heresy.
==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=httpw://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 AleksandrovnaGrand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia|Xenia Alexandrovna]], 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]].
*1941 Death of [[w:Evelyn Underhill|Evelyn Underhill]], an English [[w:Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]] writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular [[w:Christian mysticism|Christian mysticism]].
*1948 HRH Princess Elizabeth, the present Queen, married the Greek Orthodox Prince Philip, the present Duke of Edinburgh; he was officially required to cease to be Orthodox, although he never ceased to make the Orthodox sign of the cross in public; Hieromonk [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh|Anthony (Bloom)]] was appointed Chaplain of the Anglican-Orthodox [[Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]].
[[Image:Kallistos Ware.jpg|right|thumb|The Most Reverend Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]], (1982-present).]]
*ca.1980-2010 [https://www.westdean.org.uk/CollegeChannel/Tutors/TutorProfilesandWork/AidanHart.aspx Aidan Hart] becomes England's leading professional iconographer, fresco painter and illuminator, completing over 700 private and church commissions, having his works commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales, the Cathedrals of Hereford, Lichfield and Newcastle, Hexham Abbey, [[Iviron Monastery (Athos)|Iviron Monastery]] in [[Mount Athos]], and Saint John’s Abbey USA for [[w:The Saint John's Bible|The Saint John’s Bible]].
*1981 Redundant Anglican Church of St. Mary in Mary Street, Dublin handed to the Greek Orthodox Community of Dublin and Ireland, blessed and dedicated to the Holy Annunciation by Abp. [[Methodius (Fouyias) of Thyateira]] of Thyateira, Great Britain and Ireland.
*1982 [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] consecrated as Bishop for the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Thyateira and Great Britain]]; the [[St. Edward the Martyr Orthodox Brotherhood (Surrey, England)|Church of St. Edward the Martyr]] is founded in Brookwood, Surrey, England, under the authority of Metr. Cyprian of Oropos and Fili ([[Holy Synod in Resistance]]), to care for the sacred relics of Saint [[Edward the Martyr]].
*1984 The second phase of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue was concluded with the publication of ''The Dublin Agreed Statement''.[[Image:Gregorios.jpg|right|thumb|His Eminence Abp. [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain]] (1988-present).]]
*1998 [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and family properly laid to rest.
*1999 The [http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/history.html Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies] is founded in the ancient university city of Cambridge with the blessing of all Orthodox hierarchs in Western Europe, being a full member of the Cambridge Theological Federation; the [[Philokalia]], Volume 4 published by Faber&Faber.
*2000 [[Theodoritos (Polyzogopoulos) of Nazianzos]] elected and consecrated [[Bishop]] of Nazianzos; the council of Bishops of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] unanimously recognise [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas]], Alexandra and their five children as saints; [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Thyateira]] annual Youth Conference held at Wood Green, North London; Monachos.net <ref>Monachos: http://www.monachos.net/</ref> online discussion community set up by M.C. Steenberg; [http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ByzantineStudies/ Institute of Byzantine Studies] established at Queens' University, Belfast, Ireland.
*2001 Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] retires.
*2002 In January, [[Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk|Hilarion Alfeyev]] was consecrated as Bishop of Kerch, an assistant bishop for the Sourozh diocese; on July 17th, the [[Church of Russia|Patriarchate of Moscow]] moved Bp. Hilarion out of the [[Diocese of Sourozh]], to become Head of the [http://orthodoxeurope.org/ Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions]; Abp. of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams writes ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin.''
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