The Brotherhood of St Edward was founded in 1982 to house the relics of St Edward the Martyr and served as an important spiritual and ecclesiastical centre for the Diocese. However, the brotherhood refused to accept the restoration of canonical relations between ROCOR and the Moscow Patriarchate and departed in January 2007 for the Old Calendarists Greek Orthodox Synod in Resistance, along with the Holy Annunciation Convent in Willesden, which had been founded by St John the Wonderworker. However, in 2009 a monastic presence within the diocese was restored by the reception and ordination of Abbot Sergei (Armstone)of the monastic hermitage of the Holy Healer Panteleimon, Clacton on Sea. Additionally, there are several places of importance to the life of the Diocese. Notably the White House at Mettingham has become a place of worship, study and fellowship for Orthodox Christians, and serves as the home of St George's Orthodox Information Service; whilst the Parish of Holy New Martyr Elizaabeth, serves as the Chancellery of the Diocese, and holds part of St Elizabeth's relics. A number of relics of the saints may be venerated in the various churches of  the diocese. Among the more notable are:  Since the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion in May 2007, there have been good relations, frequent concelebrations, and joint services among the communities of the Diocese of Great Britain, its sister Diocese of Sourozh, and the two stavropegial parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland, with bishops serving in the parishes of each other's dioceses. In addition, Archbishop Mark regularly participated in the meetings of the local pan-Orthodox assembly of bishops with jurisdiction in the British Isles. Bishop Irenei has attended this assembly since his appointment in June 2017. These meetings are currently not taking place. Fuller Syndicate  The Fuller Syndicate was a group of American financiers that invested in railroads in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The group was organized by investor Edward Laton Fuller, President of the International Salt Company, and led by George Jay Gould I. Gould, the President of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Missouri Pacific Railroad, had acquired control of several railroad companies in an attempt to build a transcontinental rail network c. 1900. "(See Gould transcontinental system.)" Other members of the syndicate included Myron T. Herrick, former Governor of Ohio and U.S. Ambassador to France; Winslow S. Pierce, General Counsel of the Gould organization; Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president of the Wabash Railroad; and Alvin W. Krech, vice president of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad.