From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, the first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's its first [[bishop]] parishes in 1924the late 1890s, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.

==Canonical Jurisdictions==

*[[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).*[[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] (formerly 'Kyivan Patriarchate', under Constantinople), with 5 parishes in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane. (''Canonicity not universally recognised'')

''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 between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with and 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 - Holy Synod of the Church of Greece (OC)]]: Originally community churches Four parishes in disagreement with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (Pasechnik)|Tikhon]]. For a time these parishes were part of the Autocephalic Greek * [[Russian Orthodox Church of America Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes and Australia. The Metropolis currently contains the parishes who did not leave the omophorion of Abp Serafeimone monastic community, and remains under His Beatitude Abp Serafeim of Athens (assisted headed by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron[[Agafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]].*[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese for Australia & New Zealand]] - 6 : Two parishes or communities in Australia and 4 are in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although this Metropolis group, which is not in communion affiliated with any of the mainstream [[True Orthodox Churches, they are recognised by the Greek Government as they are ecclesiastically under the Holy Synod Of the Church of Greece in America]] (Patristic Calendar), who are registered & recognised as an Orthodox ecclesiastical church body headed by the Greek Government. By decree and issuing of a TOMOS by the Holy Synod in Greece [[Nicholas (Protocol no. 134 31/1/2012Iuhoş)]]) the newly formed Metropolis & Parishes in Australia under 'economia' are allowed to follow the Gregorian calendar, with some new parishes also being established which will follow the Julian Calendar. There are also also parishes & communities of the Metropolis in Victoria & South Australia.*[[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.uaoc-abroad.org]

*His Eminence [[Stylianos Makarios (HarkianakisGrizienakis) of Australia|StylianosMakarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes Makarios in Victoria|(Melbourne, Victoria]]Vicariate).**His Grace [[Seraphim Iakovos (GinisTsigounis) of ApolloniasMiletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes Makarios in New South Wales|Sydney, NSW]]Queensland.**His Grace [[Nikandros Aimilianos (PalyvosKoutouzis) of DorileouMeloa]], [[auxiliary bishop ]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Makarios and Vicar-General.**His Grace [[List Elpidios (Keralas) of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide, SAKyanea]], [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin, NTauxiliary bishop]], and to Archbishop Makarios for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth, WA]].**His Grace [[Iakovos Silouan (TsigounisFotineas) of MiletoupolisSinope]], [[auxiliary bishop ]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Makarios for South Australia and Northern Territory.**His Eminence [[List Seraphim (Ginis) of parishes in Victoria|MelbourneSebasteia]], Victoriametropolitan.**His Eminence [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Eirinoupolis]], metropolitan.*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 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).

*V. Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea(2000-2019), [[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.

*[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)