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 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

Previous Bishops

• Bishop Gibran (Ramlaoui) of Australia and New Zealand

Only those with OrthodoxWiki entries are listed

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 (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
• 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)
• Holy Monastery of St John of the Mountain (GOA, male)
• Holy Monastery of Pantanassa (GOA, male)
• Holy Monastery of St Petroc (ROCOR, male, WR)

Only those with OrthodoxWiki entries are listed

Lists

• Monasteries in Australia
• Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgic language
• Parishes in Australasia using the Western Rite
• Parishes in Queensland
• Parishes in New Zealand

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)