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The first recorded organised Greek Orthodox community in England was established in 1670 by a group of 100 Greek refugees from Mani. There were also theologians, students, coffee shop owners, traders and sailors.
The British Orthodox Church (BOC), formerly the Orthodox Church of the British Isles, [1] is an independent church, having its roots in Oriental Orthodoxy.. The British Orthodox Church has not been in communion with any of the Oriental Orthodox churches since a 2015 decision to return to an independent status.
[4] [5] [19] As of 2009 there were an estimated 2,500 Greeks in Manchester, [7] part of a total of 340,000 Greek nationals and people of Greek ancestry living in the UK recorded by the United Kingdom Census 2011 and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). [20] [19] Around 150 to 200 people attend Sunday services at the church in Broughton. [7]
In 1922, the Greek Ecumenical Patriarchate chose St Sophia as a Cathedral of the Metropolis of Thyateira and Great Britain, encompassing all Orthodox Christians in the British Isles and Malta. During World War II , London became the seat of the Greek government in exile , and St Sophia therefore became the cathedral of the Greek Nation.
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
A considerable number of Greek students study in the UK. According to the official UK Higher Education Statistics Agency statistics, 16,050 Greek students attended UK universities in 2006/07, making Greece the fourth most common country of origin amongst overseas students in 2006/07, after China, India and the Republic of Ireland. [36]
Before 1995, only one Antiochian Orthodox community was around in England. On 17 October 2013, the Holy Synod of the Church of Antioch established the Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Other Christian traditions in England include Roman Catholicism, Methodism, Presbyterianism, Mormonism, and the Baptists. After Christianity, the religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, modern paganism, and the Bahá'í Faith. [2]