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In recent years, there has been tension between the Archdiocese and the current Ecumenical Patriarch, [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]] concerning the elevation of one of the [[auxiliary bishop]]s of Australia, [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand|Joseph]], to be the Greek Orthodox metropolitan of [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand|New Zealand]]. While some letters were exchanged and published through the Archdiocese-owned Greek newspaper, ''To Vema'', the elevation of Metropolitan Joseph remained in effect and unchanged until he abandoned the post in 2005 and took up the role of an assistant bishop in Greece.
In the past year, the Greek Orthodox Parish-Community of St George, Hobart, has split due to, the rebel parish council breaking ties with the Archdiocese. The church building has gone to those ejected from the Archdiocese of Australia and who are now affiliated with the schismatic splinter group the Autonomous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia using, and the . The canonical priest under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has begun a new parish of St George under the Archdiocese.
In early February 2006 the new parish of St. Therapon in Warhoonga, in the northern suburbs of Sydney, celebrated their first Divine Liturgy.
In 1982, the archdiocese began the St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney as a part of the School of Divinity of the University of Sydney. At St. Andrew's Archbishop Stylianos currently serves as dean and Bishop Seraphim as sub-dean. As the lone orthodox theological college in Australasia, it often accepts students of other jurisdictions. St. Andrew's has graduated about 100 students since it opened its doors. Of those about 25 have been ordained as clergy , while others have become teachers in the Churches schools, catechists, chanters, or have continued into postgraduate studies.
The Greek Welfare Centres, operating for over 35 years under government funding and charity in each capital city and other cities of Australia. The 150 staff of the Greek Welfare Centres around Australia offer a large variety of programs and catering for the enormous varience in the needs of the hundreds of clients that flow throught their offices and their satellite centres each week.
St. Basil's Homes for the Aged, operate around Australia in each capital city since 1969 caring for all needs of the aged in their numorous facilities as well as delivering care into the homes of the Greeks under community care programs. St. Basil's cares for about 1200 aged Greeks in Australia. In 2006 St. Basil's commissioned a new $30million state of the art facility in Miranda to the south of Syndey.
Each of these organisations and schools have been built by donations of the faithful and by contributions by the Australian government.
Each pasish in the archdiocese hosts any number of the following activities besides their usual worship program: Child Care centres, Greek language school, Companionship groups for the aged, infant play groups, teenagers groups, Bible Study, Orthodox Lecture series, Iconography courses, Church Chanting classes, Catechisms schools and social clubs.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is also a founding member of [[SCCOCA]]. Archbishop Stylianos is the senior bishop of all Canonical bishops in Australia.