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The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain is an Archdiocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church, part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its present Archbishop is His Grace Gregorios Theocharous. In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, preserving the traditions of the early church unchanged, accepting the canonicity of the first seven ecumenical councils held between the 4th and the... The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox communion. ...
See also List of Archbishops of Thyateira and Great Britain. List of Ecumenical Patriarchate Greek Orthodox Archbishops of Thyateira and Great Britain Athenagoras Kavadas (1951-1962) Athenagoras Kokkinakis (1963-1979) Methodios Fouyias (1979-1988) Gregorios Theocharous Categories: Eastern Orthodoxy ...