Orthodoxy in Australasia

From the first Divine Liturgy celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, New Zealand's first priest in 1910, 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.

History

• Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia
• Timeline of Orthodoxy in New Zealand
• Statistics of Orthodoxy in Australia

People

Current Hierarchs

• 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 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 New Zealand)
• Archbishop Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia (Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia)
  • Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis, 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 Adelaide and for Perth.

Other major figures

• 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 Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand since 2003.
• Archimandrite Stephanos (Pantanassiotis), former Vicar-General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, abbot of the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa.
• Archimandrite Themistocles (Adamopoulo), former lecturer at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, now serving in Kenya.
• Rev. Fr Dimitri Tsakas, Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of 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 Australia and New Zealand, GOA. 1924-1929.
• Metropolitan Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Australia and New Zealand, GOA. 1931-1947.
• Bishop Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney, ROCOR. 1948-1955.
• Metropolitan Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand, GOA. 1947-1958.
• Bishop Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney, ROCOR. 1955?-1971.
• Archbishop 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, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, ROCOR. 1980-1995.
• Archbishop Gibran (Rimlawi) of Australia and New Zealand, AOCA. 1969-1999.
• Metropolitan Dionysios (Psiahas) of New Zealand, GOA. 1970-2003.
• Metropolitan Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand, GOA. 2003-2005.

Jurisdictions

With Local Bishop

• Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
• Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
• Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
• Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand and Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia 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. There is one parish in Sydney, one in Melbourne and one in Adelaide.
• Moscow Patriarchate in Australia; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne.
• Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia; with one parish in Sydney and one parish in Brisbane.
• Polish Orthodox Church in Australia - began at 1971 schism in ROCOR.
• Romanian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand; with five parishes in Australia and one in New Zealand.

Organizations and Institutions

Pan-Jurisdictional

• Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches of Australia.

Archdiocesan Institutions and Publications

• Voice of Orthodoxy, official publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
• To Vema, official newspaper of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
• St Basil's Homes and Aged Care Services.
• Estia Foundation of Australia.
• Missionary Association of the Ascension of our Lord.

Theological Institutions and Programs

• St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College
• Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies
• St Paul's Theological Course of Studies

Ecclesiastical Music

• Association of Friends of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music of South Australia.
• School of Byzantine Music, under the auspices of St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College.

Monasteries

• Holy Monastery of St Andrew the First-called (GO-NZ, male); Metropolitan Amphilochios of New Zealand
• Holy Monastery of St Anna (AOCA, female)
• Holy Monastery of Prophet Elias (ROCOR, male); Hieromonk Benjamin.
• Holy Monastery of St George (GOA, male); Archimandrite Kyriakos.
• Holy Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (GOA, female); Abbess Kallistheni.
• Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross (GOA, female); Abbess Philothei.
• Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity, (ROCOR, male); Hieromonk John
• Skete of St John the Baptist (ROCOR, male); Hieromonk Joachim.
• Holy Monastery of St John of the Mountain (GOA, male); Hieromonk Evagrius.
• Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (ROCOR, female); Abbess Evpraksia
• Holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael (ROCOR, male); Hieromonk Kosmas.
• Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos (SOC, female); Igumanija Anastasija.
• Holy Monastery of Pantanassa (GOA, male); Archimandrite Stephanos.
• Saint Petroc Monastery (ROCOR, male, WR); Hieromonk Michael.
• Holy Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God (ROCOR, female); Abbess Anna.
• Monastery of St Sava (New Kalenic), Canberra (SOC, male); Bishop Milutin
• Monastery of St Sava, Melbourne (SOC, male); Iguman Teodor.
• Holy Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration (ROCOR, male); Archimandrite Alexis.

Lists

• Monasteries in Australia
• Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgical language
• Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite
• Parishes in the ACT
• Parishes in New South Wales
• Parishes in the Northern Territory
• Parishes in Queensland
• Parishes in South Australia
• Parishes in Tasmania
• Parishes in Western Australia
• Parishes in the North Island of New Zealand
• Parishes in the South Island of New Zealand

External links

• Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
  • Deanery of New Zealand
• Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
  • Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia
• Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
• Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia
• Romanian Churches in Australia (unofficial site)
• Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
• Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand (in Serbian)

Parishes in Australasia and Oceania

States and Territories of Australia Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Northern Territory | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia Islands and Territories of New Zealand North Island | South Island | Stewart Island | Tokelau Countries in Melanesia East Timor | Fiji | New Caledonia | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu Countries in Micronesia Guam | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | Federated States of Micronesia | Nauru | Northern Mariana Islands | Palau Countries in Polynesia American Samoa | Cook Islands | French Polynesia | Niue | Pitcairn | Samoa | Tonga | Tuvalu | Wallis and Futuna Islands