Orthodoxy in Australasia

Since the first Divine Liturgy celebrated at Kirribilli Point, Sydney, in 1820; to its first priest in 1896 and first bishop in 1924 and 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

Bishops

• Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia
• Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand
• Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney
• Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand

Other major figures

• Bishop Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar, Greek-Australian missionary to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.
• 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
• Abbess Kallistheni, Abbess of the Monastery of Gorgoepikoos

Jurisdictions

With Local Bishop

• Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
• Greek Orthodox Metropolitanate 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 (while these are two seperate dioceses, there is one bishop ruling/administrating both)

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.

Organizations and Institutions

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

Monasteries

• Holy Monastery of Pantanassa
• Holy Monastery of Gorgoepikoos

External links

• (None as yet)

Articles

• Bibliography of Orthodoxy in Australasia

Link collections

• (None as yet)