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Fr. '''Nikolai (Manovitch)''' (Manowich) was a [[hieromonk]] of questionable background who served in Russian [[parish]]es in early 20th century Australasia.

He is regarded as something of a "colourful character" and had a spurious [[ordination]] from a [[bishop]] in Canada who was not recognised by any ecclesiastical authority in North America. He went to New Zealand and then on to Australia where he was close to the Bolshevik group in Brisbane.  He was arrested for extortion, demanding outrageous amounts of money for [[baptism]]s and [[wedding]]s.  He disappeared from the religious scene when Fr Paul Korchinsky came to Australia at the request of the Russian Imperial Consul-General to counter the effect of Manowich. He died in 1925 and is buried in Queensland.

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[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]
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