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[[Image:Sophrony8.jpg|right|thumb|Archimandrite [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]] (+1993).]]
[[Image:Anthony Bloom.jpg|right|thumb|Metr. [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh]], (1962-2003).]]
*1951 Death of [[Germanos (Strinopoulos) of Thyateria and Great Britain|Germonos (Strinopoulos)]]; Succeeded succeeded by Abp. [[Athenagoras (Cavadas) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Cavadas)]], (1951-1962).
*1958 Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]] seeks a monastic life in Essex of London; [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Timothy Ware]] converted from the Church of England to the Greek Orthodox Church.
*1959 Patriarchal [[Stavropegic]] [[Monastery]] of [[Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Maldon, Essex)|St. John the Baptist]] founded by Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)|Sophrony]] in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex under the [[jurisdiction]] of Metr. [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh|Anthony (Bloom)]] of [[Diocese of Sourozh|Sourozh]].
*1964 [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Gregorios (Theocharous)]] appointed Chancellor of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Thyateira]].
*1965 [[Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Maldon, Essex)|Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist]] moved under the Ecumenical Patriarchate; [[Nicholas Couris]] ordained a priest for [[ROCOR]] in Ireland.
*1966 [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Timothy Ware]] is ordained to the priesthood and tonsured as a monk, receiving the name [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos]]; repose death of St. [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John Maximovitch]], Archbishop of London [[July 2]].
*1969 Rev. Canon Dr. Michael Bourdeaux founds the [[w:Keston Institute|Keston Institute]], at Oxford, playing a key role over the years in the revival of the Russian Orthodox Church, and becoming a leading voice on religious freedom in former communist countries.
*1970 [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Gregorios (Theocharous)]] consecrated [[Diocese of Tropaeou|Bishop of Tropaeou]], [[December 12]]; [[Chrysostomos (Mavroyiannopoulos) of Kyanea|Chrysostomos (Mavroyiannopoulos)]] made auxiliary [[Bishop of Kyanea]], [[December 19]]; acquired in 1960, [[w:St Luke's Orthodox Cathedral, Glasgow|St. Luke's Greek Orthodox Church]] in Glasgow, Scotland, is elevated to a Cathedral by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, [[Nicholas (Valeropoulos) VI of Alexandria|Nicholas VI (Valeropoulos)]], with the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
*1973 Anglican-Orthodox dialogue began, when the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Discussions (A/OJDD) held its first meeting in Oxford.
*1975 Repose Death of Metr. [[Nikolaos of Halkis]] in a London hospital; the Greek Orthodox community of Saint Panteleimon of Harrow is established;<ref>http://www.st-panteleimon.org/ </ref> Abp. [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Kokkinakis)]] publishes ''The Thyateira Confession: The Faith and Prayer of Orthodox Christians.''
*1976 The first phase of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue was concluded by the publication of ''The Moscow Agreed Statemen.''
*1977 Death of Fr. [[Nicholas Couris]]; the ''New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha - [[w:Revised Standard Version|Revised Standard Version]] (Expanded Edition)'' is published, endorsed by Abp. [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Kokkinakis)]] of Thyateira and Great Britain.
*1978 [[Diocese of Sourozh]] buys the Cathedral of the [[Church of the Dormition and All Saints (London)|Dormition and All Saints]], in London's [[Church of the Dormition and All Saints (London)|Ennismore Gardens]].
*1979 Repose Death of Abp. [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Kokkinakis)]] succeeded by Abp. [[Methodios (Fouyias)]] (1979-1988); [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] appointed.
*1980 The Antiochian Orthodox Society is established to serve the Arabic speaking and believing community.
[[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, Great Britain and Ireland, [[May 24]].
*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).]]
*1988 Abp. [[Methodios (Fouyias)]] is succeeded by Abp. [[Gregorios (Theocharous) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Gregorios (Theocharous)]] who is elected Abp. of [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Thyateira and Great Britain]] and enthroned at the Cathedral of Sophia in West London, [[April 16]].
*1989 The third phase of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue began, when the commission was re-constituted as ''The International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue'' (ICAOTD), under the chairmanship of Metr. [[John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon|John of Pergamon]] and Bp. Henry Hill (succeeded in 1990 by Bp. Mark Dyer).
*1990 The [[Friends of Mount Athos]] society is formed by people sharing a common interest for the monasteries of [[Mount Athos]], with Metr. [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos (Ware)]] of Diokleia being the President of the society, also including Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) and Prince Charles (Prince of Wales and Heir Apparent to the British throne) among its members.
*1991 The body of [[Nicholas II of Russia]] is exhumed in Yekaterinburg, Siberia.
*1993 Death of Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]], [[July 11]].
*1994 The [[British Orthodox Church (Coptic)]], originally established in 1866 as an Oriental Orthodox mission to the West, became a constituency of the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate]], under the leadership of Metr. [[w:Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury|Seraphim of Glastonbury]] and Pope [[Shenouda III (Gayyid) of Alexandria|Shenouda III]].
*1995 Death of [[Philip Sherrard]], theologian [[May 30]]; establishment of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland]].
*1996 St. Aidan's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Manchester consecrated by Metropolitan [[Gabriel (Saliby)]]; [[Richard Swinburne]], Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a very influential proponent of [[w:Natural theology|natural theology]], converted from the Church of England to the Greek Orthodox Church.
*1997 [[Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona]] founded.
*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; [[Archdiocese of Thyateira]] annual Youth Conference held at Wood Green, North London, [[April 21]]; 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.
*2005 Mission in Macclesfield dedicated to St. Theodore of Canterbury opens in September.
