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Orthodoxy in Australia

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External links
*[[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]
==Canonical Jurisdictions==
===With Local Bishop===
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with parishes in Sydney and Melbourne.
*[[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].
*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand]] (under Constantinople), with 11 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).*[https://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church of Ukraine - Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate']: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate|Orthodox Church of Ukraine]], with 5 parishes in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane. 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 bishops assembly. Autocephaly and Tomos to the Ukrainian church was officially handed to the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in Constantinople by the Ecumenical Patriarch.
===With an irregular status===
''Note: All of the below entities are not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Entities are, where possible, sorted by size.''*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], .*[[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] - [[Parishes in Australia (Kallinikos)]]: The current ''locum tenens'' of this diocese entity is not in full communion with any Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the mainstream 'Free Serbian Orthodox ChurchesChurch'). This diocese number includes is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Australia and New ZealandDemetrias.*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This church is not in communion The parishes affiliated with any of the mainstream 'Greek Orthodox ChurchesCommunities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.*[[Holy Russian True Orthodox Metropolis Church]] - [[Diocese of Australia & Oceania]]: Originally churches who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Four parishes in Australia, for a time these parishes were part of the Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (while it was under Archbishop Serafeim of AthensPasechnik)|Tikhon]]. The Metropolis currently contains the * [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes who did not leave the omophorion of Abp Serafeimand one monastic community, and remains under Abp Serafeim of Athens (assisted headed by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron, and vicar-general Fr [[George AthanasiadisAgafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]].*[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese for Australia & New Zealand]] - 6 : Two parishes or communities are in Australia and 2 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This metropolis this group, which is not in communion affiliated with any of the mainstream [[True Orthodox ChurchesChurch in America]] (headed by [[Nicholas (Iuhoş)]]).*[[Holy Synod in ResistanceRussian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church)]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales Australia (CyprianiteROCA - Diaspora District)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This diocese, includes two parishes under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Previously headed by His Eminence Archbishop [[Chrysostomos Andronik (AlemangosKotliaroff) of Sydney|ChrysostomosAndronik]].*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]], Bishop : part of Sydney and New South Wales & Exarch of Australia the UAOC-Abroad (then consisting of 2 parishesLavrentios Synod), the current locum tenens is Bp Ambrose of Methone, and consists of four parishes and one monasterywith two bishops in Australia. [http://www. This diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churchesuaoc-abroad.org]
===Previously in Australia===
==People==
===Current Hierarchs===
*His Eminence [[Stylianos Makarios (HarkianakisGrizienakis) of Australia|StylianosMakarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, Victoria]].**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney, NSW]].**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide, SA]], [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin, NT]], and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth, WA]].**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Miletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in [[List of parishes in VictoriaQueensland|Melbourne, VictoriaQueensland]].*His Eminence [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines|PaulBasilios]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).
*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan and First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]].
**His Grace [[Irinej_George (DobrijevicSchaefer)_of_Australia_and_New_Zealandof Canberra|IrinejGeorge]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Siluan]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).
*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox)
*[[Archbishop]] [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]], formerly bishop of Melbourne in the 1950s-1960s.
*Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal]], former Bishop of Brisbane and first Australian-born bishop.
*His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).
*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] to [[Madagascar]], and first bishop thereof.
*Bishop [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas]], second Australian-born bishop.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], first exarch in Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].
*Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].
*Hmk. Igumen [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].*Hmk. Igumen [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.
*Monk [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.
*Other [[Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], including three exarchs (Frs Malatius Hussney, Anthony Woolf and Nicolas Mansour), Fr Stephen Godley (co-author of ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia'', Fr Nicholas Manovitch (first priest in New Zealand, served in Queensland) and two other parish priests (Frs John Shehadie and Malatius (Essam) Hussney).
*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[http://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia] (Official Website)*[http://www.orthodox.net.au/en/orthodox-australia List and map of all Orthodox Parishes in Australia]*[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia: The History of a Church told from recently opened archives and previously unpublished sources], by Fr. [[Michael Protopopov ]] (PDF)
*[http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF)

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