Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

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 Nikitas Loulias.[2] 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, mainland Greek migrants and their descendants, and more recently native British converts along with a few Poles, Belarusians, and Ukrainians. The former archbishop, Gregorios, himself was 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.[3]

Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Nikitas (Loulias), Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain since 2019[1]
Location
Country	United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland; nominally Turkey
Territory	British Isles; nominally Thyateira
Headquarters	Thyateira House
Coordinates	51.5130°N 0.1824°W
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Cathedral	St Sophia's Cathedral
Patriarch	Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Major Archbishop	Nikitas Loulias
Website
thyateira.org.uk

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 (1988 - 2019)[4]
• Nikitas Loulias (2019 - present)

Parishes and monasteries

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

South West

• SS Michael the Archangel & Piran, near 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
• Holy Prophet Elias, Exeter & Combe Martin

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

Central London

• Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of St Sophia, Bayswater[5]
• Cathedral of St Andrew, Kentish Town[6]
• Cathedral of All Saints, Camden Town[7]
• Archdiocesan Chapel of the Annunciation of the Mother of God, Bayswater

North London

• Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Wood Green
• Cathedral of the Holy Cross & St Michael, Golders Green[8]
• SS Cosmas & Damian, NW5 1LN[9]
• SS Anthony the Great & John the Baptist, Islington[10]
• St Barnabas, Wood Green[11]
• St Demetrius, Lower Edmonton, N9 0LP[12]
• St John the Baptist, Hornsey[13]
• St Katherine, Friern Barnet[14]
• SS Panteleimon & Paraskevi, Harrow[15]
• Community of SS Raphael, Nicholas & Irene of Lesbos (Mytiline), Enfield North & District
• Chapel of the Resurrection, Muswell Hill

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

• SS Eleutherius, Anthia & Luke the Evangelist, Leyton
• St John the Theologian, E8 3RD
• SS Lazarus & Andrew the Apostle, Forest Gate

West London

• Cathedral of St Nicholas, Shepherds Bush

East of England

• St Mamas, Bedford
• St Charalambos, Luton
• The Twelve Apostles, Brookmans Park[16]
• 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

• Community of SS Stephen & Thecla, Hereford
• Community of Oswestry
• Holy Fathers of Nicaea & St John the Baptist, Shrewsbury
• Community of the Holy Fathers of Nicaea, Telford
• Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God & St Andrew, Birmingham
• Holy Trinity & St Luke, Birmingham
• Nativity of the Mother of God, Walsall
• The Holy Transfiguration, Coventry
• Ascension of the Lord, Rugby
• SS Mary & Marina, Stoke-on-Trent

East Midlands

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

North West

• St Barbara, Chester
• St Nicholas, Toxteth
• Annunciation of the Mother of God, Manchester
• St Nicholas, Blackley
• Community of the Holy Apostles, Leyland
• Community of St Simon the Zealot, Dalton-in-Furness

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
• Three Hierarchs, Lampeter
• Community of Rhuddlan
• Private Chapel at White House, Saundersfoot

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

• Community of the Annunciation, Dublin

See also Category:Greek Orthodox churches in the United Kingdom

References

1. Cazabonne, Emma (13 June 2019). "Metropolitan Nikitas elected as the new Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain". Orthodoxie. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
2. Kalmoukos, Theodore (12 June 2019). "Metropolitan Nikitas of the Dardanelles Elected Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain". The National Herald. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
3. "Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain". thyateira.org.uk.
4. "Theocharous, Archbishop Gregorios (His Eminence The Most Rev. Gregorios)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1992 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
5. User, Super. "Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom (Hagia Sophia)". stsophia.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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9. "saintanargyre". saintanargyre. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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11. "Ελληνορθοδοξη Κοινοτητα Απ. Βαρναβα Wood Green". Ελληνορθοδοξη Κοινοτητα Απ. Βαρναβα Wood Green (in Greek). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
12. "Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church |". www.saintdemetrios.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
13. 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.
15. "St Panteleimon Harrow – Greek Orthodox Community Harrow and Districts". st-panteleimon.org. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
16. "The Greek Orthodox Community The Twelve Apostles Hertfordshire – Home". 12apostles.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

Bibliography

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