British Orthodox Church
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The British Orthodox Church (BOC), formerly the
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.
History
Origins
The church claims to be the continuation of the Ancient British Church of Jules Ferrette.[2][3][4]
Creation: merge into the Coptic Orthodox Church
The
On 6 April 1994, a protocol enacting the merge of the Orthodox Church of the British Isles into the
Independence again
On 4 October 2015 the
On 29 October 2017, Metropolitan Seraphim, acting solus, consecrated Father David Seeds as Bishop David of Priddy.[7]
In January 2019, the BOC announced that Seraphim was once again considered as its Patriarch, since from the moment of the union with the Coptic Church Seraphim had ceased to use this title.[2]
On 23 February 2019, Patriarch Seraphim, acting with Bishop David of Priddy, consecrated Father James Maskery as Abba James, Archbishop Titular of Caerleon-upon-Usk and Mafrian of the British Orthodox Church.[8] Mafrian is a title used in the Syrian Orthodox Church for the Catholicos of the East, and the primate of the church in the Sassanid Empire, now Iran and Iraq.
Publications
Through the church press it publishes the Glastonbury Review, the only English-language journal committed to regular reporting about the activities of the Oriental Orthodox churches and it has also begun to republish some theological works.[9]
Primates
- Richard Williams Morgan (claimed)[2]
- Charles Isaac Stevens (claimed)[2]
- James Martin (claimed)[2]
- Andries Caarel Albertus McLaglen (claimed)[2]
- Herbert James Monzani-Heard (claimed)[2]
- Hugh George de Willmott Newman[2]
- Abba Seraphim[2]
See also
References
- ^ "The British Orthodox Church (Metropolis of Glastonbury) is the Indigenous Orthodox Church of Britain – Abba Seraphim". 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The British Patriarchate Restored After 24 Years In Commission - The British Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ a b "Press Release on the union of Coptic and British Orthodox Churches". The British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ a b "BRITISH ORTHODOX UNITE WITH COPTIC PATRIARCHATE". British Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 5 November 2004.
- ISBN 978-0-415-25413-7. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Joint announcement from the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and the British Orthodox Church of the British Isles - The British Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Consecration of Bishop David of Priddy". 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Consecration of Archbishop of Caerleon and Mafrian". 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ "Glastonbury Review - The British Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2022-04-01.