:"Fr. '''Nikolai (Manovitch)''' (Manowich) was who represented himself as a [[hieromonk]] of questionable background who , served in Syrian and Russian [[parish]]es in early 20th century Australasia.:He is regarded as something of a "colourful character" and had a spurious appears to have been [[ordination|"ordained"]] from a by an uncanonical [[bishop]] in Canada who was not recognised by any ecclesiastical authority in North America. He went to New Zealand and then on to Australia where he was close to the Bolshevik group in Brisbane. He was arrested for extortion, demanding outrageous amounts of money for [[baptism]]s and [[wedding]]s. He disappeared from the religious scene when Fr Paul Korchinsky came to Australia at the request of the Russian Imperial Consul-General to counter the effect of Manowich. He died in 1925 and is buried in Queensland." Archpriest Michael Protopopov's thesis "The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia" contains information on this faux priest and his religious and political activities. See pages 24-35.http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf http://tinyurl.com/qz6bc

:"He was responsible the catalyst for starting the first Orthodox parish in New Zealand, and the building of the first Orthodox church ever built in New Zealand, which was also the first Antiochian Orthodox church in Australasia.:"We would be very interested It is most interesting to see substantive read the well researched and documented evidence for anything else about concerning himwhich has recently been assembled by V Rev Archpriest Fr Michael Protopopov, current ROCOR Dean of Victoria and former ROCOR Dean of New Zealand."