Gregorios Theocharous

Gregorios Theocharous of Thyateira and Great Britain (Greek: Γρηγόριος Θεοχάρους; 28 October 1928 – 20 November 2019) served as the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain[1] under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

[4] His funeral took place on 5 December 2019 at St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, Wood Green.

On his 13th birthday (October 28, 1941) he heard on the only radio of the village that Greece had joined the war by refusing to allow Axis troops to enter its territory.

[7] He arrived in London in April 1959 and was appointed to the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints Cathedral, Camden Town.

He was ordained by Archbishop of Thyateira Athenagoras Kokkinakis on Palm Sunday (11 April 1971) at All Saints Cathedral, Camden Town[8] On 16 April 1988 he was unanimously elected by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain and his enthronement took place at Saint Sophia Cathedral[9] in London.

Greek Orthodox
His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain .
The courtyard of Stavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus where Archbishop Gregorios entered the monastic life
All Saints Cathedral Camden Town , where Gregorios first served whilst he was a priest in London and where he was ordained Bishop of Troaeon