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*1985 Jan 27-29: Fifth Greek orthodox Clergy-Laity Congress held in Brisbane, [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]].
::May: Construction of [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]] commences. College prepares to open in 1986.
==Local Theological School==
*1986 Feb: St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College begins teaching.
:::Third National Youth Conference (Greek Orthodox) held in Melbourne.
*1988 Sep 13: [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] establishes first parish in Melbourne, dedicated to Holy Trinity.
*1989 Jan: Sixth Clergy-Laity Congress (Greek Orthodox) held in Melbourne.
:::Fourth National Youth Conference (Greek Orthodox) held in Melbourne
:::Moscow Patriarchate established second parish in Sydney.
*1991: Fifth National Youth Conference (Greek Orthodox) held in Adelaide.
*1991-94: Schism occurs in Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. [[Church of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] accepts schismatic parishes and begins jurisdiction in Australia. Great protests from Archbishop Stylianos and Patriarch [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew]] ensue, culminating in an expanded Greek-speaking synod and the excommunication of the bishops that went to Australia. Jerusalem withdraws from Australia, parishes form (with Bp Paul of Christianopolis) , or join , old-calendarist synods.
*1993 Jan: Seventh Clergy-Laity Congress (Greek Orthodox) held in Sydney.
*1994: Sixth National Youth Conference (Greek Orthodox) held in Brisbane.
*1998 Jan: Eighth Clergy-Laity Congress (Greek Orthodox) held in Sydney.
:::Seventh National Youth Conference (Greek Orthodox) held in Sydney.
*1999: Australia and New Zealand raised to the status of an Archdiocese by the Holy Synod of Antioch and All the East.
::Archimandrite Paul Saliba, parish priest in Washington DC, USA, elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania by the Holy Synod of Antioch.
*2002: [[St. Andrew's Orthodox Press]] established to publish ''The Greek-Australian Vema'', the official newspaper of the Archdiocese.
*2006: St. Andrew's Orthodox Press publishes ''The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom''.
