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Berlin or Paris or New York. However, the success of the dialogue and
relations between the two brought the Archdiocese to the British capi-
tal. Archbishop Germanos “worked hard for nearly 30 years on matters
concerning Church Relations”27 . This ongoing cooperation has brought
us to the current established and ?ourishing Archdiocese, which “now
embraces 115 churches, communities and monasteries, with new com-
munities in the process of being created to meet the needs of the
Faithful.”28

Strenopoulos’ work was of great importance, being ‘the best man
for the job,’ remaining always “an optimist in regards to Anglican and
Orthodox Re-Union.”29 His ecumenical work before and during his time
as Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain is what formed his rela-
tions on a theological and political level, whilst his ideas on union be-
tween the churches also contributed towards these aspirations, being
“one of the pioneers of the Movement and one of the greater Ecu-
menists”30. He achieved countless objectives set out not only on a theo-
logical and ecclesiastical basis but also on a diplomatic one.

Through this small abstract of the history of the relations be-
tween Anglicanism and Orthodoxy, it is apparent that the Ecumenical
Movement was uno?cially forming its foundation. The relations had an
academic character, showing that on the ground there existed a lack of
knowledge of the other tradition and ecclesiastical body, a reality which
is evident, unfortunately, even today, where relations have been estab-
lished for decades. Nevertheless, despite the ignorance, there existed a
tremendous interest in each other. The fact that serious questions were
raised, such as Anglican Orders, the validity of the Sacraments, Inter-

27 Istavridis, V.T., Το Διορθόδοξον και Διαχριστιανικόν Έ?ργον του Γερμανού Στρηνόπουλου
προ της Ανυψώσεως του εις την Μητρόπολην Θυατείρων, (Istanbul, Πατριαρχικού
Τυπογραφείου, 1959), pp. 3-4.
28 Grigorios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, “The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great
Britain and Orthodoxy in the British Isles” in Ημερολόγιο 2012, Αρχιεπισκοπή Θυατείρων και
Μεγάλης Βρετανίας, (London, Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, 2012), p. 475.
29 Anglican History, http://anglicanhistory.org/orthodoxy/jad_germanos1929.html., accessed 21/09/
11, 12.21 pm.
30 Istavridis, 1959, p. 4.

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