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The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese is treated as one single archdiocese spanning two countries, with the Archbishop in Australia and a Deanery for New Zealand. There are 25 [[parish]]es and missions across Australia, 8 parishes and missions in the Deanery of New Zealand, and approximately 37,500 [[faithful]] in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. The Archdiocese also has one female monastery of [[Monastery of St Anna (Preston, Australia)|St Anna]] in Victoria, and runs the [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies]].
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese Diocese of Australia and New Zealand Australasia was also a founding member of [[SCCOCA]] (currently dormant). The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand believes this organisation became defunct in the year 2000.
Parishes and missions, and dates of foundation (where known):
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