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Dimitri Tsakas

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The Reverend Father '''Dimitri Tsakas''' is the [[rector]] of the Greek Orthodox Church of St George, Brisbane, and the Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].
==TimelineBiography==*1966 - Dimitri was born in Brisbane. He in 1966, where he would receive his school education from subsequently attend Junction Park State School and Brisbane State High School, and . He then moved to Townsville to complete his undergraduate degree in , where he completed an Social Workdegree, with attaining honours in Social Policy.  After his graduation, he worked with disadvantaged groups in Northwest [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]], from Townsville to Hughenden in Northwest Queensland, under the auspices of the then-Department of Social Security(since renamed).*1988 - Dimitri During this time, he married Michellein 1988. The next year In 1989, they moved to Brisbane.*1989 - , where Dimitri practised social work in psychiatric disability.*; in 1991 - Began practicing as , he became a practising Family Court Counsellor in the Family Court of Australia, Brisbane.: In May - of this year, Dimitri is was ordained [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]] to the [[deacon|diaconate]] at the Church of St George, where he is assigned to serve. He begins a ministry of teaching, bringing many Orthodox back to the Church.*1994 - At the end of this year1994, Dcn Dimitri was ordained to the [[priest]]hood at the Church of St George.*1995 - At the beginning of the academic year Soon after, he moves to Sydney, Fr Dimitri where he began studies at [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], Sydney, simultaneously serving parishes in Sydney at the same time.*1997 - At the end of this year, having graduated After his graduation from St. Andrew's in 1997 with a Bachelor of Theology, Fr Dimitri he was again placed at the Church of St George, Brisbane, where he currently serves first as rector of the [[parish]] with an assistant priest, then as rector.*2000 - On the retirement of V. Rev. Fr [[Gregory Sakellariou]] from the positionin 2000, Fr Dimitri is made Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of Queensland and New Guinea. Fr Gregory continues to actively serve as assistant priest until his 2007 retirement.*Subsequently, in 2001 - , Fr Dimitri was elevated to the rank of [[Economos]].*In 2007 - Awarded , Fr Dimitri was awarded a Masters of International Relations with Distinction from Macquarie University, focusing on the European Union.
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