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{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, New Zealand's first [[priest]] in 1910, Australia's first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's first [[bishop]] in 1924, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australasia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen. This article seeks to be a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia, New Zealand, and (God willing) in Oceania.
==People=====Current Hierarchs=Sub-series==*Metropolitan [[Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand]] (Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of New Zealand)*Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney]], Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR [[Archbishop]] of Australia and New Zealand)*Bishop [[Milutin (Knezevic) of Orthodoxy in Australia and New Zealand]] (Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand)*Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand]] (Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop of Australia and Orthodoxy in New Zealand)*Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia]] (Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia)**Bishop [[Ezekiel of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Melbourne.**Bishop [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary to Archbishop Stylianos in Sydney.**Bishop [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]] and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]].
===Other major figures=History==*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], Former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.*[[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]], Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] since 2003.*Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], former Vicar-General of The forerunner to the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]].*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], former lecturer at [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's present Greek Orthodox Theological College]], now serving in Kenya.*V. Rev. Fr Nicholas Shehadie, [[Exarch]] to Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].*Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes structures in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].(''Only major figures with articles are listed'') ===Previous Ruling Bishops===[[List of bishops in Australasia]] (includes auxiliary bishops)*Metropolitan [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis) of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1924-1929.*Metropolitan [[Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Rhodes|Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1931-1947.*Bishop [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]] of Sydney, ROCOR. 1948-1955.*Metropolitan [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1947-1958.*Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava (Rayevsky)]] of Sydney, ROCOR. 1955?-1971.*Archbishop [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia]], GOA. 1959-1974.*Bishop Panteleimon of Theoupolis, GOA. Exarch 1974-5 (?).*Archbishop [[Theodosius (Putilin) of Sydney]], ROCOR. 1970-1980.*Archbishop [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul (Pavlov)]] of Sydney, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, ROCOR. 1980-1995.*Archbishop [[Gibran (Rimlawi) of Australia and New Zealand]], AOCA. 1969-1999.*Metropolitan [[Dionysios (Psiahas) History of Proussa|Dionysios (Psiahas) of New ZealandAntiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]], GOA. 1970-2003.*Metropolitan [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand]], GOA. 2003-2005.
==Canonical Jurisdictions==
===With Local Bishop===
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]]
*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]] [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|in Australia and New Zealand]] and [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese Metropolitanate of Australia Australian and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate]] (the sole bishop, of the New Gracanica diocese, also administers the patriarchal diocese)
===Without Local Bishop===
*[[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Australia]]. There is one parish in [http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide].
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne.*[httphttps://www.htocmukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.org/ Melbournecom Orthodox Church of Ukraine - Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate'].*: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)– Kyiv Patriarchate|Parishes in AustraliaOrthodox Church of Ukraine]]; , with one parish 5 parishes in Sydney , Newcastle, Adelaide and one parish in Brisbane.*[[Church With the Decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 11/10/18 starting from Patriarch Philaret and Metropolitan Makary all anathemas, defrokments & excommunication were uplifted and all clergy under them restored to canonical status. On the 15/12/2018 the new head of the church Metropolitan Epiphanios was elected by the united Sobor of Poland|Polish Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at [[Timeline bishops assembly. Autocephaly and Tomos to the Ukrainian church was officially handed to the Metropolitan of Orthodoxy in Australia|1971 schism]] Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in ROCORConstantinople by the Ecumenical Patriarch.*[[Church Consistory of Romania|Romanian the Ukrainian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia and New Zealand]]; (under Constantinople), with five 10 parishes and missions in Australia Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).
==Organizations and Institutions=====Pan-JurisdictionalOriental Orthodox jurisdictions==={{oriental}}*[[Standing Conference Church of Canonical India|Indian Orthodox Churches of Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one [[parish]] each in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
===Archdiocesan Institutions and PublicationsWith an irregular status===*[[Voice Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of Orthodoxythe [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], official publication this is not in full communion with any of the Greek mainstream Orthodox Archdiocese Churches, and is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australiaand New Zealand.*[[To VemaAutocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]], official newspaper : Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.*[[St Basil's Homes with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (AustraliaGOCSA)|St Basil's Homes]] and Aged Care Services.*[[Estia Foundation This entity is not in communion with any of Australia]]the mainstream Orthodox Churches.*[[Missionary Association of The parishes affiliated with the Ascension 'Greek Orthodox Communities of our Lord]]South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.
==People=Theological Institutions and Programs====Current Hierarchs===*His Eminence [[St Andrew's Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia|Makarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox Theological College ).**His Grace [[Ezekiel of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]].**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Militoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]].*His Eminence [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Metropolitan of New York and First Hierarch of ROCOR, and Archbishop of Australiaand New Zealand (ROCOR).**His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological CollegeGeorge]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.*His Grace [[Melbourne Institute Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox Christian Studies).*His Eminence [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron]], Metropolitan of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox).*His Grace [[St Paul's Theological Course Siluan (Mrakic) of StudiesAustralia and New Zealand|Irinej]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).
==Organizations and Institutions=Ecclesiastical Music===*[[Association of Friends of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music of South Australia]].*[[School of Byzantine Music (Australia)|School of Byzantine Music]], under the auspices of St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College. =Pan-Jurisdictional=Monasteries==*[[Monastery of St Andrew the First-called (Miramar, New Zealand)|Holy Monastery of St Andrew the First-called]] (GO-NZ, male); ''Metropolitan [[Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand|Amphilochios of New Zealand]]''*[[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Victoria)|Holy Monastery Episcopal Assembly of St AnnaOceania]] (AOCA, female)*[[Monastery of Prophet Elias (Monarto, South Australia)|Holy Monastery of Prophet EliasEastern Hierarchs]] (ROCOR, male); ''Hieromonk Benjamin''.*[[Monastery Standing Conference of St. George (Winmalee, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of St. George]] (GOA, male); ''Archimandrite [[Kyriakos (Stavronikiotis)|Kyriakos]]''.*[[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Victoria)|Holy Monastery of Gorgoepikoos]] (GOA, female); ''Abbess Kallistheni''.*[[Monastery of the Holy Cross (Mangrove, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross]] (GOA, female); ''Abbess Philothei''.*[[Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Monkerai, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity]], (ROCOR, male); ''Hieromonk [[John (McPherson)|John]]''*[[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St. John the Baptist Skete]] (ROCOR, male); ''Hieromonk [[Joachim (Ross)|Joachim]]''.*[[Monastery of St. John of the Mountain (Forrestfield, Western Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia)|Holy Monastery of St. John of the Mountain]] (GOA, male); ''Hieromonk [[Evagrius (Simonopetritis)|Evagrius]]''.*[[Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan]] (ROCOR, female); ''Abbess Evpraksia''*[[Monastery of Archangel Michael (Marrickville, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael]] (ROCOR, male); ''Hieromonk [[Kosmas (Vasilopoulos)|Kosmas]]''.*[[Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Inglewood, South Australia)|Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos]] (SOC, female); ''Igumanija Anastasija''.*[[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]] (GOA, male); ''Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)|Stephanos]]''.*[[St. Petroc Monastery (Cascades, Tasmania)|St. Petroc Monastery]] (ROCOR, male, [[Western Rite|WR]]); ''Hieromonk [[Michael (Mansbridge-Wood)|Michael]]''.*[[Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God (Bungarby, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God]] (ROCOR, female); ''Abbess [[Anna (Karipoff)|Anna]]''.*[[Monastery of New Kalenic (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)|Monastery of St Sava (New Kalenic)]], Canberra (SOC, male); ''Bishop [[Milutin (Knezevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Milutin]]''*[[Monastery of St Sava (Elaine, Victoria)|Monastery of St Sava]], Melbourne (SOC, male); ''Iguman Teodor''.*[[Monastery of Holy Transfiguration (Bombala, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration]] (ROCOR, male); ''Archimandrite [[Alexis (Rosentool)|Alexis]]''.
==Lists==
*[[List_of_Western-Rite_parishes_in_Australasia|Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite]]
==External links==
*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]
*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (in Serbian)
[[Category:Church History]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Australian Monasteries]]
[[ro:Ortodoxia în Australasia]]
