Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
As of 2017 Archbishop Gregorios Theocharous is the leader of the diocese[1]
Website
thyateira.org.uk

The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain is an Archdiocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church, part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its present head is Archbishop Gregorios Theocharous.[1] Its jurisdiction covers those Orthodox Christians living in Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. The adherents are largely of Cypriot Greek descent, some mainland Greek migrants and their descendants, and more recently English converts along with a few Poles and Belarusians. The Archbishop Gregorios himself is a Cypriot whose ancestral village of Marathovounos in the district of Famagusta is occupied by the Turkish army. The Archdiocese is based at Thyateira House, in the Bayswater district of London.[2]

Archbishops of Thyateira and Great Britain

Several archbishops have served the diocese since 1922 including:

  • Germanos Strenopoulos (1922—1951)
  • Athenagoras Kavadas (1951—1962)
  • Athenagoras Kokkinakis (1963—1979)
  • Methodios Fouiyas (1979—1988)
  • Archbishop Gregorios Theocharous (from 1988)[1]

Parishes and monasteries

As of 2017 there are 108 parishes and monasteries in the UK and Ireland:

South West

  • SS Michael the Archangel & Piran, Falmouth
  • SS Demetrius & Nicetas, Plymouth
  • St Andrew, Torquay
  • St Andrew the Apostle, Weston-super-Mare
  • SS Peter & Paul, Bristol
  • Nativity of the Mother of God (Eastern Orthodox Church), Bristol
  • St John of Kronstadt, Bath
  • Community of St John Chrysostom, Gloucester
  • St John the Forerunner, Salisbury
  • Community of St Spyridon, Bournemouth

South East

  • Holy Trinity & Annunciation, Oxford
  • SS Ambrose & Stylianos, Milton Keynes
  • Community of St Phanourius, Aylesbury
  • Community of St Gregory the Theologian, Beaconsfield
  • Prophet Elias, Reading
  • St Andrew the Apostle, Windsor
  • St Nicholas, Southampton
  • Community of Portsmouth
  • Holy Trinity, Brighton
  • St Mary Magdalene, St Leonards-on-Sea
  • SS Panteleimon & Theodore, Eastbourne
  • Annunciation of the Mother of God, Maidstone
  • SS Mark & Fotini, Folkestone
  • Archangel Michael, Margate

London

Central London

North London

South London

  • Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Camberwell
  • SS Constantine & Helen, Upper Norwood
  • St Nectarius, SW11 5QR
  • St George, Kingston-upon-Thames
  • Christ the Saviour, Welling

East London

West London

  • Cathedral of St Nicholas, Shepherds Bush

East of England

  • St Mamas, Bedford
  • St Charalambos, Luton
  • The Twelve Apostles, Hatfield[14]
  • SS Athanasius & Clement, Cambridge
  • Mother of God, Norwich
  • Pan-Orthodox Chapel of Life-Receiving Source, Walsingham
  • St Spyridon, Great Yarmouth
  • Community of SS Cosmas & Damian, Ipswich
  • Community of St Sophia & Her Three Daughters, Bishop's Stortford
  • Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex
  • SS Barbara, Phanourius & Paul, Southend-on-Sea

West Midlands

East Midlands

  • St Neophytos, Northampton
  • Cathedral of SS Nicholas & Xenophon, Leicester
  • Virgin Mary Eleousa, Nottingham
  • SS Cyril & Methodius, Mansfield
  • St Basil the Great, Lincoln

North West

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • Annunciation of the Mother of God, Sheffield
  • Three Hierarchs, Leeds
  • Community of St Constantine the Great, York

North East

  • Annunciation of the Mother of God, Middlesbrough
  • Community of SS Cuthbert & Bede, Durham
  • St Anthony, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Wales

  • St Nicholas, Cardiff
  • Ss Zachariah & Elizabeth, Swansea
  • Three Hierarchs, Lampeter
  • Community of Rhuddlan
  • Private Chapel of Ss David & Nicholas, Llanelli
  • Private Chapel at White House, Saundersfoot
  • Private Chapel of St Martin of Tours, Silian

Scotland

  • Cathedral of St Luke, Glasgow
  • Chapel of St Andrew, Edinburgh
  • Chapel of St John the Baptist, Ardross Castle
  • Community of Dundee
  • Community of St Andrews
  • Community of Perth
  • Oratory of the Mother of God & St Cumein, Fort Augustus
  • Community of the Highlands, Inverness
  • Community of St Matthew the Apostle, Aberdeen

Channel Islands

  • Community of SS Simon, Andrew the Apostle & Philon, Jersey
  • Community of All Saints, Guernsey

Ireland

  • Annunciation, Dublin

See also Category:Greek Orthodox churches in the United Kingdom

References

  1. 1 2 3 Theocharous, Archbishop Gregorios (His Eminence The Most Rev. Gregorios). ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 1992 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain". thyateira.org.uk.
  3. ↑ User, Super. "Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom (Hagia Sophia)". stsophia.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew". standrewsgreekorthodoxcathedral.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Greek Orthodox Cathedral Church of All Saints". gocas.org. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Holy Cross Greek Church". Holy Cross Greek Church. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "saintanargyre". saintanargyre. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "St Anthony The Great & St John The Baptist – Greek Orthodox Islington". orthodox-islington.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ελληνορθοδοξη Κοινοτητα Απ. Βαρναβα Wood Green". Ελληνορθοδοξη Κοινοτητα Απ. Βαρναβα Wood Green (in Greek). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church". www.saintdemetrios.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Services, Designed and Hosted by MAVRI PETRA Digital. "St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church – Wightman Road, Hornsey, London N8 0LY". stjohnthebaptist.eu. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  12. ↑ http://www.stklondon.co.uk/
  13. ↑ "St Panteleimon Harrow – Greek Orthodox Community Harrow and Districts". st-panteleimon.org. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "The Greek Orthodox Community The Twelve Apostles Hertfordshire – Home". 12apostles.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

Bibliography

  • Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.

Coordinates: 51°30′47″N 0°10′49″W / 51.51306°N 0.18028°W / 51.51306; -0.18028

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