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The Archdiocese has numerous successful organisations under its wings. Each of these organisations and schools have been built by donations of the faithful and by contributions by the Australian government.
In 1982, the Archdiocese began the [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]] in Sydney as a part of the School of Divinity of the University of Sydney. Archbishop Stylianos currently serves as the dean of St. Andrew's, while Bishop Seraphim serves as sub-dean. As the lone Orthodox Theological College in Australasia, it often accepts students of other jurisdictions. Approximately 100 students have graduated from St. Andrew's since its inception; of these, about 25 have been ordained as clergy, while others have become teachers in the Churches schools, catechists, chanters, or have continued into postgraduate studies. Byzantine chanting is a key part of liturgical services in the Archdiocese. Under Two performance choirs have been formed: the auspices [[Byzantine Ecclesiastical Choir "Saint John of Damascus"]] in Adelaide under Elias Frangoulis, the Archon Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; and the [[Australian Byzantine Choir]] in Sydney, now under George Combis, which in addition to performing, first provided a place for Sydney's chanters to be taught, and then provided two of the College is three teachers for the Archdiocesan [[School of Byzantine Music (SAGOTC)|Byzantine Music School]], where students established in 2005 under the auspices of the college Theological College. Both choirs, and the school, teach and any other interested laity may learn perform Byzantine chanting in Greek.
[[Image:standrewspress.jpg|left|thumb|Logo of St Andrew's Orthodox Press]][[St Andrew's Orthodox Press]], established to publish the ''[[To Vema|TO VEMA]]'' newspaper [http://www.tovema.com.au], ''[[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)#Phronema|Phronema]]'' and ''[[The Voice of Orthodoxy]]'', has recently begun publishing books. The first book, ''The Divine Liturgy of Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom'', has within it the [[Divine Liturgy]], and also the dismissal hymns for Sundays and major feasts, prayers for the reception of Holy Communion, and the services of the Blessing of Loaves and Memorials. This is a bi-lingual edition, translated from the Greek by the Committee on the Translation of Liturgical Texts (chaired by Dr [[John Lee]]) into dignified modern English, with each language appearing on facing pages.