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

People

Current Hierarchs

• Archbishop Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand)
• Metropolitan Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of New Zealand)
• Bishop Milutin of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand)
• Metropolitan Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand (Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan 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 (Kalyvos) of Dorileou, auxiliary to Archbishop Stylianos in Adelaide.

Other major figures

• Bishop Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar, Greek-Australian missionary to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.
• Archimandrite Nabil (Kachab).
• Archimandrite Themistocles (Adamopoulo), formerly lecturer at St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College; currently assistant dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School 'Archbishop Macarius III' in Nairobi.
• Archimandrite Stefanos (Pantanassiotis), Abbot of the Monastery of Pantanassa
• Mother Kallistheni, Abbess of the Monastery of Gorgoepikoos
• V. Rev. Fr Dimitri Tsakas, Archdiocesan Vicar of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of Queensland and New Guinea, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.

Previous 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. 19??-1955.
• Metropolitan Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand, GOA. 1947-1958.
• Bishop Philaret (Voznesensky) of Brisbane, ROCOR. 1963-1964.
• Bishop Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney, ROCOR. 19??-1971.
• Archbishop Ezekiel (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia, GOA. 1959-1974.
• Bishop Constantine (Essensky) of Brisbane, Vicar of the Australian Diocese, ROCOR. 1967-1976.
• Archbishop Theodosius of Sydney, ROCOR. 19??-1980.
• Archbishop Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, ROCOR. 1980-1995.
• Bishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Brisbane, Vicar of the Australian Diocese, ROCOR. 1996-1997.
• Bishop Gibran (Ramlaoui) of Australia and New Zealand, AOCA. 1969-1999.
• Metropolitan Dionysios (Psiahas) of New Zealand, GOA. 1970-2003.

Jurisdictions

With Local Bishop

• Antiochian Orthodox Christian 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

• Moscow Patriarchate in Australia; with a single parish, "Holy Trinity Orthodox Church", in Melbourne.
• Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia; with two parishes in Sydney and one parish in Brisbane.
• Romanian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand; with five parishes in Australia and one in New Zealand.

Organizations and Institutions

• Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches of Australia (SCCOCA)
• St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College
• Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies

Monasteries

• Holy Monastery of St Anna (AOCA, female)
• Holy Monastery of St George (GOA, male)
• Holy Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (GOA, female)
• Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross (GOA, female)
• Skete of St John the Baptist (ROCOR, male)
• Holy Monastery of St John of the Mountain (GOA, male)
• Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (ROCOR, female)
• Holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael (ROCOR, male)
• Holy Monastery of Pantanassa (GOA, male)
• Holy Monastery of St Petroc (ROCOR, male, WR)
• Holy Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God (ROCOR, female)
• Monastery of St Sava, Canberra (SOC, male).
• Monastery of St Sava, Melbourne (SOC, male).
• Holy Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration (ROCOR, male)

Lists

• Monasteries in Australia
• Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgical language
• Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite
• Parishes in Queensland
• Parishes in New Zealand
• Parishes in the Northern Territory
• Parishes in the ACT

External links

• Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
  • Deanery of New Zealand
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
  • Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia
• Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
• Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (the sole Moscow Patriarchate parish in Australia]
• 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)