== History ==
The first :''For more detailed history before 1974, See [[priestGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] to serve ''.Before 1908, there were two multi-ethnic parishes in Australia was , under the omophorion of the [[ArchimandriteChurch of Jerusalem]] Dorotheos Bakaliaros around 1896. In 1898 the first Greek Orthodox parish ; but, in 1908, jurisdiction over Australia was established, named after transferred to the newly-recognised [[Holy TrinityChurch of Greece]]. Communities In 1924, the parishes - by now, Greek in character as well as in name - were originally supplied with priests from formed into a metropolis under the [[Church of JerusalemConstantinople]]. In 1959, and later the [[Church Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Greece]]Australia and New Zealand was elevated to Archdiocese, and there was no attempt Metropolitan Ezekiel elevated to Archbishop with it. In 1970, due to organise the communities growing size and needs of the Archdiocese, Australia and New Zealand were split into a the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the [[dioceseGreek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]].
In 1924, the Greek Orthodox parishes in Australia were transferred 1974 Abp Ezekiel was promoted to the [[Church Metropolis of Constantinople]]Pisidia, who sent [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis)]] to be and the first [[metropolitan]] of Australia and New Zealand. He served until 1929 when he returned to Samoscurrent Archbishop, his homeland. The next metropolitan was [[Timotheos Stylianos (EvangelinidisHarkianakis) of RhodesAustralia|Timotheos Stylianos (EvangelinidisHarkianakis)]], was elected on 13 February 1974 and he arrived in enthroned on 26 JanuaryApril, 19321975. In 1977, serving until he Fr Ezekiel was elected metropolitan consecrated to the episcopacy, becoming the titular bishop of Rhodes in 1947Dervis. He was replaced by [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) In 1979, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos)]], who served until his death in was a car crash on 2 August, 1958. founding member of the [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) Standing Conference of Pisidia|Ezekiel (Tsoukalas)]], then an assistant [[bishop]] Canonical Orthodox Churches in [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|AmericaAustralia]], was elected metropolitan with its archbishop being made permanent chairman of Australia and New Zealand in February 1959, and arrived on 2 April 1959SCCOCA.
On 1 September of that yearIn 1982, the Archdiocese founded [[Metropolis]] of Australia and New Zealand was elevated to [[Archdiocese]], and Ezekiel to ArchbishopSt. Later, in 1970, the Holy Synod of the [[Church of Constantinople]] separated New Zealand from Australia, leaving the Andrew's Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Theological College (Sydney, Australia and the [[)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New ZealandTheological College]]in Sydney, with Archbishop Stylianos as the first dean. In 1974 Ezekiel 1991, Fr Seraphim was promoted consecrated to the Metropolis of Pisidiaepiscopacy, and the current Archbishop, [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) as titular bishop of Australia|Stylianos (Harkianakis)]], was elected on 13 February 1974 and enthroned on 26 April, 1975Apollonias. In 19792001, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Fr Nikandros (Palyvos) was a founding member of consecrated to the [[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]]episcopacy, with its archbishop being made permanent chairman as titular bishop of SCCOCADorileou.
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===Byzantine Chanting===
Byzantine chanting is a key part of liturgical services in the Archdiocese. Two performance choirs have been formed: the [[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 three teachers for the Archdiocesan [[School of Byzantine Music]], established in 2005 under the auspices of the Theological College. Both choirs, and the school, teach and perform Byzantine chanting in Greek.
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===Publishing Institutions===
[[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.
===Philanthropic Institutions===