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founder= Patriarch [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) I of Constantinople]]|

The first First [[priest]] to serve in Australia Korea was ... around ... .First [[Archimandriteparish]] Dorotheos Bakaliaros around 1896. In 1898 the first Greek Orthodox parish was established, named after the [[Holy Trinity]]xxx. Communities were originally supplied with priests from the [[Church of JerusalemRussia]], and later the [[Church of Greece]], and there was no attempt to organise the communities into a [[diocese]].

In 1924, the Greek Orthodox parishes in Australia were transferred Transferred to the [[Church of Constantinople]], who sent [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis)]] to be the first [[metropolitan]] of Australia and New Zealand. He served until 1929 when he returned to Samos, his homeland. The next metropolitan was [[Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Rhodes|Timotheos (Evangelinidis)]], and he arrived in 26 January, 1932, serving until he was elected metropolitan of Rhodes in 1947. He was replaced by [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand|Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos)]], who served until his death in a car crash on 2 August, 1958. [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel (Tsoukalas)]], then an assistant [[bishop]] in [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of N&S America|America]], was elected metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand in February 1959, and arrived on 2 April 1959. On 1 September of that year, the [[Metropolis]] of Australia and New Zealand was elevated Transferred to [[Archdiocese]], and Ezekiel to Archbishop. Later, in 1970, the Holy Synod of the [[Church of Constantinople]] seperated New Zealand from Australia, leaving the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]]. In 1974 Ezekiel was promoted to the Own Metropolis of Pisidia, and the current Archbishop, [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos (Harkianakis)]], was elected on 13 February 1974 and enthroned on 26 April, 1975. == Recent History ==In recent years, there has been great tension between the Archdiocese and the current Ecumenical Patriarch, [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]] concerning the elevation of one of the [[auxiliary bishop]]s of Australia, [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand|Joseph]], to the metropolitanate of New Zealand. While some letters were exchanged and published through the Archdiocese-owned Greek newspaper, ''To Vema'', the elevation of Metropolitan Joseph remains in effect and unchanged.

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Metropolis of Australia Korea is treated as one single archdiocese metropolis with five archdiocesan districts: New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory; Victoria and Tasmania; xxxx parishes in South Australia and the Northern Territory; Queensland and New Guinea; and Western Australia. To assist the archbishop, he has an amount of assistant bishops - currently three, but in previous times as many as fiveKorea. There are 118 [[parish]]es and communities across Australia, and approximately 300,000 [[faithful]] in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australiaxx priests.  The Archdiocese Metropolis also includes 6 [[monasticism|monasteries]]. The largest male monastery is the Holy [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove, Australia)|Monastery of Pantanassa]] in New South Wales, and the largest has a female monastery is dedicated to the Holy [[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (GeelongTransfiguration, Australia)|Monastery of Gorgoepikoos]] in Victoriaalbeit with no Korean nuns. In 1982, the archdiocese began the The Metropolis also has a Theological Seminary dedicated to St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney, where Archbishop Stylianos currently serves as dean and Bishop Seraphim as sub-dean. As Nicholas which trains the lone theological college in Australasia, it often accepts students clergy of other jurisdictions. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is also a founding member of [[SCCOCA]]Korea and Southeast Asia. -->