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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]]
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Diocese of Australia]]*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]*- [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Russian Orthodox ChurchOutside Russia]] *[[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|in - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand]] and *[[Serbian Romanian Orthodox Church in Diocese of Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Romanian Orthodox Diocese Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate]] (The sole bishop of the New Gracanica diocese also administers the patriarchal diocese.)
===Without Local Bishop===
*[[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 of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australiaand New Zealand]]; (under Constantinople), with one parish each 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Newcastle Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne<!-- broken link Perth (in addition to httpone in Auckland, New Zealand).*[https://www.htocmukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.org com Orthodox Church of Ukraine -->.*Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate']: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)– Kyiv Patriarchate|Parishes in AustraliaOrthodox Church of Ukraine]]; , with one parish 5 parishes in Sydney , Newcastle, Adelaide and one parish in Brisbane.*[[Church With the Decision of Poland|Polish Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at [[Timeline the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Orthodoxy in Australia|1971 schism]] in ROCORConstantinople 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.*[[Church On the 15/12/2018 the new head of the church Metropolitan Epiphanios was elected by the united Sobor of Romania|Romanian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia bishops assembly. Autocephaly and New Zealand]]; with five parishes in Australia Tomos to the Ukrainian church was officially handed to the Metropolitan of Kyiv and one all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in New ZealandConstantinople 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 entity is Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the 'Free Serbian Orthodox Church'). This number includes is a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Demetrias.
*[[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). The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.
* [[Russian True Orthodox Church]] - [[Diocese of Australia]]: Four parishes in Australia, headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (Pasechnik)|Tikhon]].
* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes and one monastic community, headed by Metropolitan [[Agafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]].
*[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese for Australia & New Zealand]]: Two parishes are in this group, which is affiliated with the [[True Orthodox Church in America]] (headed by [[Nicholas (Iuhoş)]]).
* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church)]] - [[Diocese of Australia (ROCA - Diaspora District)]]: includes two parishes under Archbishop [[Andronik (Kotliaroff)|Andronik]].
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]]: part of the UAOC-Abroad (Lavrentios Synod), and with two bishops in Australia. [http://www.uaoc-abroad.org]
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this diocese is not ===Previously in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.===*[[Greek Orthodox Church of in America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; this diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Paul, Bishop of Christianoupolis.*- [[Holy Synod Parishes in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales Australia (CyprianOCA)|Diocese of Sydney and New South WalesParishes in Australia]]: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is .*[[Old CalendaristAustralian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Polish Orthodox Church in Australia]], and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Eminence *[[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) Church of Sydney|ChrysostomosJerusalem]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes.
==People==
===Current Hierarchs===
*His Grace Eminence [[Hilarion Makarios (KapralGrizienakis) of SydneyAustralia|HilarionMakarios]], Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCORGreek Orthodox).**His Grace [[Milutin Ezekiel (KnezevicKefalas) of Australia and New Zealand|MilutinDervis]], Bishop [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Makarios in [[List of Australia and New Zealand parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, Victoria]].**His Grace [[Iakovos (Serbian OrthodoxTsigounis)of Miletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Makarios in [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]].*His Eminence [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines|PaulBasilios]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and , New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Stylianos Hilarion (HarkianakisKapral) of AustraliaNew York|StylianosHilarion]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia (Greek Orthodox)and New Zealand, Metropolitan and First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]].**His Grace [[Ezekiel George (Schaefer) of DervisCanberra|George]], [[auxiliary vicar bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos Metropolitan Hilarion in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]]Australia and New Zealand.**His Grace [[Seraphim Siluan (GinisMrakic) of ApolloniasAustralia and New Zealand|Siluan]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List Bishop of parishes in Australia and New South Wales|Sydney]]Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).**His Grace [[Nikandros Mihail (PalyvosFilimon) of DorileouAustralia and New Zealand|Mihail]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List Bishop of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]] and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]].New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox)
===Other major figures===
*[[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.*Archimandrite Bishop [[Anthony John (WoolfBērziņš)of Caracas]], fourth exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney, Australiasecond Australian-born bishop.
*[[Archimandrite]] [[Antonious (Mobayed)]], exarch of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, then first parish priest and exarch in Melbourne, Australia.
*Archimandrite [[Nabil (Kachab)]], Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] since 2003.
*Archimandrite [[Nicholas (Manovitch)]], first priest in New Zealand.*Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], former Vicar-General of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], founding [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]].*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], former lecturer at [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], now serving as Vicethen vice-Dean dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School in [http://www.orthodox.asn.au Kenya].*V. Rev. Fr and now head of the [[Malatius Hussney (Sydney)|Malatius Hussney]], third Antiochian [[exarchDiocese of Sierra Leone]] in Sydney, Australia.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Shehadie]], second exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney.
*V. Rev. Protopresbyter [[Mitko Machevski]], parish priest of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], first exarch in Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicolas Mansour]], last patriarchal exarch of the Church of Antioch, 1962-1969, and parish priest - then dean - of St George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, 1962-2005.
*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]].
*Rev. Fr Igumen [[John Shehadie]], founding parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Punchbowl, 1973-87.*Rev. Fr [[Malatius Dimitry (EssamObuhoff) Hussney]], parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne, 1968-77.*Rev. Fr founding [[Stephen Godleysuperior]], Antiochian priest and co-author of ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia''.*Hmk. [[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.*Fr 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).
(''Only major figures with articles are listed'')
==External links==
*[http://www.antiochianantiochianarch.org.au / Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada , and Australia](Official Website)*[http://homewww.itgreekorthodox.comorg.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia](Official Website)*:*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia]*[http://www.ocaroeanz.com.orgau/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Romanian Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Episcopate of Australiaand New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.crezrocor.org Romanian Churches in .au Russian Orthodox Diocese of Australiaand New Zealand] (unofficial siteOfficial Website)*[http://www.rocorsoc.org.au Russian Serbian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of in Australia and New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.socukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.org.au Serbian com Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)*[http://www.orthodox.net.au/en/orthodox-australia List and map of all Orthodox Parishes in Serbian)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 ]] (''nbPDF)*[http://researchonline.nd.edu. 2au/cgi/viewcontent.1Mb cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF file'')

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