Talk:Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia

On all Timeline articles: Entries should be simple and brief and read like newspaper headlines (e.g., Death of John Chrysostom, not Death of Saint John Chrysostom, native of Antioch and Archbishop of Constantinople, Great Preacher and Compiler of Divine Liturgy, renowned for numerous sermons and letters). Use the historical present tense (e.g., First persecution begins, not First persecution began). There should be no citations or commentary included in entries. Place that sort of material in articles which can be linked to from the timeline. External links contained in entries (e.g., to Wikipedia) should only be included if doing so would significantly illuminate the meaning of the entry. (The idea is not to link nearly every possible word, but only those which have significant meaning to the history of Orthodoxy.) External links should only be used if an article on the subject being linked would be inappropriate for OrthodoxWiki. Otherwise, link the words in question to existing or not-yet-existing OW articles. Thanks!

+ Christophoros

Local records relating to his deposition and exile are held in the Archives of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.

Access is severely restricted.

chrisg 2006-05-08 : 0004 EAST

I'd not be surprised either way - this would explain the lack of picture on the website, for example. But, this being an encyclopedia, we can only work with verifiable information. --— by Pιsτévο ^{talk complaints} at 09:19, May 7, 2006 (CDT)

There was a fair bit in the Daily Telegraph at the time, and a little bit in the Sydney Morning Herald. The SMH said he "practised the Greek vice". The Telegraph said he was deposed for "Gross Depravity".

The Greek community in Australia was in uproar over his misbehaviour at the time and just about unanimously demanded his deposition.

Clippings from the relevant newspapers formed part of an appendix in an unpublished Masters(Honours) thesis in Sydney in 1998.

The newspaper articles should still be available from the newspapers.

chrisg 2006-05-08 : 0044 EAST

Clever, though ironic, euphemism. I'll change any articles that need it. --— by Pιsτévο ^{talk complaints} at 10:26, May 7, 2006 (CDT)

Small Jurisdiction

I think the Moscow Patriarchate is hardly a "small jurisdiction". I also think its entry into Australia where ROCOR already had a strong presence is quite significant. I did not delete the heading about the Theological School, so I also think your comments about the Theological School are irrelevant in this context.

But a matter for you of course.

chrisg 2006-06-05-1748 EAST

The 'local theological school' header was made so small as to be irrelevant - the presence of a local college, training clergy, is a great event in the foundation of the Church in a location.

I also don't see how the Moscow Patriarchate parishes can be anything but a small jurisdiction. There are three parishes (none of which rivalling the size of Hillsong), no local bishop, exarch or centralised local authority. While I do not know specifics of the entry of the MP into Australia, it seems quite plausible that it began in a similar way to OCA's beginning in Australia, thus not being terribly significant in its own right. — edited by Pιsτévο at 03:01, June 5, 2006 (CDT)

I prefer to be eirenaical rather than warlike, so I will not go further with this discussion except to say that the header remained the same size it was before, and is now. The size of the header was not changed. The size of the header after my edit was the same as the size of the header before. The size of the header remains now as it was then. There has been no change in the size of the header whatsoever. I did not alter the size of the header in any way whatever. The history shows the size of the header has not changed. You 'misrepresent me' by suggesting this. chrisg 2006-06-05-2244

I think instead of the font size of the header, what Pistevo was referring to was rather the content under the header. —Dcn. Andrew ^{talk random contribs} 09:15, June 5, 2006 (CDT)

Source of Information

Hi Pistevo, here is a link that you should read :-) Read this ... History of GO in Melbourne Vasiliki 06:57, April 14, 2008 (UTC)