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| − | The '''Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand''', headquartered in Sydney, is an [[archdiocese]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]], [[Metropolitan Archbishop]] of Australia and New Zealand.
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| − | name=Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|
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| − | jurisdiction=[[Church of Antioch|Antioch]]|
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| − | type=[[Archdiocese]]|
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| − | founded=1969|
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| − | bishop=[[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Metropolitan Archbishop Paul]]|
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| − | see=Sydney| | |
| − | hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|
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| − | territory=Australia, New Zealand, and Dependencies|
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| − | language=Arabic, English, Greek, Macedonian, Moldovan, Romanian, Russian, Slavonic|
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| − | music=[[Byzantine Chant]], [[Russian Polyphony]], [[Western Choral]], [[Znammeny Chant]]|
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| − | calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]] and [[Julian Calendar]]|
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| − | population=37,525 (est.)
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| − | ([http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000226.cgi Census 2001])|
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| − | website=[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Archdiocese]
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| − | ==Organization==
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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 23 [[parish]]es and missions across Australia, 7 parishes and missions in the Deanery of New Zealand<!--, and approximately xx,xxx [[faithful]] in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. T-->, and 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]], with the collaboration of the ROCOR Dean of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia and the priest of the Moscow Patriarchate parish in Melbourne. The Institute does not intend to present itself as another theological college for priests, but rather where Orthodox in Melbourne can gain some education in their faith.
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| − | The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand was also a founding member of [[SCCOCA]], although [[SCCOCA]] has been completely inactive for many years.
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| − | == The Episcopacy ==
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| − | ===Current Episcopacy===
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| − | * Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]] of Australia and New Zealand.
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| − | **The Dean of New Zealand is [[Archpriest]] [[Jack Witbrock]].
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| − | ===Primates in Australia and New Zealand===
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| − | * Archbishop [[Gibran (Ramlaoui) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran (Ramlaoui)]] of Australia and New Zealand, 1969-1999.
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| − | * Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]] of Australia and New Zealand, 1999-present.
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * [http://www.antiochian.org.au Official Website of the Archdiocese]
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| − | * [http://www.antiochpat.org/ Official Website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch]
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| − | [[Category:Jurisdictions]]
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| − | [[Category:Orthodoxy_in_Australia]]
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