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→United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927-Present): 1958; 1996
*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.
*1951 Death of [[Germanos (Strinopoulos) of Thyateria and Great Britain|Germonos (Strinopoulos)]]; Succeeded by Abp. [[Athenagoras (Cavadas) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Cavadas)]].
*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, later ordained to the priesthood in 1966 and tonsured as a monk, receiving the name Kallistos.
*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]].
*1962 Repose of [[Athenagoras (Cavadas) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Cavadas)]]; [[Diocese of Sourozh]] is founded by Metr. [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh]].
*1993 Death of Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]], [[July 11]].
*1995 Death of [[Philip Sherrard]], theologian [[May 30]].
*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.
