Orthodoxy in Australasia

From the first Divine Liturgy celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, New Zealand's first priest in 1910, Australia's first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's first bishop in 1924, right to the present day, Orthodoxy in Australasia has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.

This article seeks to be a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of Orthodox Christianity in Australia, New Zealand, and (God willing) in Oceania.

History

• Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia
• Timeline of Orthodoxy in New Zealand
• Statistics of Orthodoxy in Australia

Jurisdictions

With Local Bishop

• Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
• Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
• Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand and Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate (The sole bishop of the New Gracanica diocese also administers the patriarchal diocese.)

Without Local Bishop

• Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia. There is one parish in Sydney, one in Melbourne and one in Adelaide.
• Moscow Patriarchate in Australia; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne.
• Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia; with one parish in Sydney and one parish in Brisbane.
• Polish Orthodox Church in Australia - began at 1971 schism in ROCOR.
• Romanian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand; with five parishes in Australia and one in New Zealand.

With an irregular status

• Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: ROCOR, including this diocese, is currently in communion with the Churches of Serbia, Jerusalem and, as of 16 May 2006, Russia.
• Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: As part of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, this diocese is not in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.
• Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; this diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Paul, Bishop of Christianoupolis.
• Holy Synod in Resistance - Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is Old Calendarist, and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Eminence Chrysostomos, Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes.

People

Current Hierarchs

• His Eminence Amphilochios, Metropolitan of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox).
• His Grace Hilarion, Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR).
• His Grace Milutin, Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).
• His Eminence Paul, Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (Antiochian Orthodox).
• His Eminence Stylianos, Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).
  • His Grace Ezekiel of Dervis, auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in Melbourne.
  • His Grace Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias, auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in Sydney.
  • His Grace Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou, auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in Adelaide and for Perth.

Complete list of bishops in Australasia, past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).

Other major figures

• Bishop Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar, former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then missionary to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.
• Archimandrite Antonious (Mobayed), first priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne.
• Archimandrite Nabil (Kachab), Vicar-General of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand since 2003.
• Archimandrite Nicholas (Manavitch), first priest in New Zealand.
• Archimandrite Stephanos (Pantanassiotis), former Vicar-General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, abbot of the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa.
• Archimandrite Themistocles (Adamopoulo), former lecturer at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, now serving as Vice-Dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School in Kenya.
• V. Rev. Fr Ilyan Eades, archpriest in the Deanery of New Zealand, Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.
• V. Rev. Fr Malatius Hussney, second Antiochian exarch of Australia.
• V. Rev. Fr Michael Shehadie, second priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St George (later cathedral), Sydney.
• V. Rev. Fr Nicholas Shehadie, exarch to Australia of the Church of Antioch.
• Rev. Fr Dimitri Tsakas, Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of Queensland and New Guinea, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
• Rev. Fr Ian Nield, priest in the Deanery of New Zealand, Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.
• Hmk. Dimitry (Obuhoff), founding superior of St John the Baptist Skete.
• Hmk. Joachim (Ross), superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.
• Fr Guri (Demidov), hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.

(Only major figures with articles are listed)

Organizations and Institutions

Pan-Jurisdictional

• Eastern Hierarchs
• Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia

Archdiocesan Institutions and Publications

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

• St Andrew's Orthodox Press
  • TO VEMA, official newspaper.
  • The Voice of Orthodoxy, official publication.
• St Basil's Homes and Aged Care Services.
• Estia Foundation of Australia, respite care.
• Association of Friends of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music of South Australia. First chanter: Mr Elias Frangoulis, first chanter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
• Missionary Association of the Ascension of our Lord.
• ProviCare Foundation, Counselling and Rehabilitation Service.

Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese

• Deanery of New Zealand, created to better care for Orthodox Christians in New Zealand under the Antiochian Archdiocese. Dean: V. Rev. Fr Jack Witbrock.

Theological Institutions and Programs

• St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College
  • School of Byzantine Music.
  • Phronema
• Melbourne Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies
• St Paul's Theological Course of Studies

Lists

• Monasteries in Australia
• Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgical language
• Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite

Parishes in Australasia and Oceania

States and Territories of Australia Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Northern Territory | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia Islands and Territories of New Zealand North Island | South Island | Stewart Island | Tokelau Countries in Melanesia East Timor | Fiji | New Caledonia | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu Countries in Micronesia Guam | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | Federated States of Micronesia | Nauru | Northern Mariana Islands | Palau Countries in Polynesia American Samoa | Cook Islands | French Polynesia | Niue | Pitcairn | Samoa | Tonga | Tuvalu | Wallis and Futuna Islands

• Sole monastery in New Zealand: Holy Monastery of St Andrew the First-called, Miramir, New Zealand. Male Monastery. Abbot: Metropolitan Amphilochios of New Zealand.

External links

• Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
  • Deanery of New Zealand
• Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
  • Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia
• Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
• Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia
• Romanian Churches in Australia (unofficial site)
• Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
• Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand (in Serbian)