Golden Cross of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain 1922

Golden Cross of Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain 1922 

The year of The Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922 , founded The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain to meet the pastoral needs of the Orthodox Cristians.In its title the name of a major city of Asia Minor - the Thyateira - commemorates the memorable Homelands from where the Greeks were uprooted.The headquarters of the Archdiocese are in London , in the Building called Thyateira House in Bayswater.

Thyateira was one of the first cities of Asia Minor that accepted Cristianity.Its significance is also evidenced by the fact that its one of the 7 Churches of Asia Minor reported by John The Evangelist in Revelation