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+ | From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, the first Exarch in 1913, 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. | ||
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+ | This article seeks to be a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia. | ||
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+ | ==History== | ||
+ | *[[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia]] | ||
+ | *[[Statistics of Orthodoxy in Australia]] | ||
+ | *[[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]] | ||
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+ | ==Jurisdictions== | ||
+ | ===With Local Bishop=== | ||
+ | *[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] | ||
+ | *[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] | ||
+ | *[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]] | ||
+ | *[[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]] [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|in Australia and New Zealand]] and [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate]] (The sole bishop of the New Gracanica diocese also administers the patriarchal diocese.) | ||
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+ | ===Without Local Bishop=== | ||
+ | *[[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]. | ||
+ | *[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne<!-- broken link to http://www.htocm.org -->. | ||
+ | *[[Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]]; with one parish in Sydney and one parish in Brisbane. | ||
+ | *[[Church of Poland|Polish Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia|1971 schism]] in ROCOR. | ||
+ | *[[Church of Romania|Romanian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia and New Zealand]]; with five parishes in Australia and one in New Zealand. | ||
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+ | ===With an irregular status=== | ||
+ | *[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: This diocese, with establishment provided for by St [[Tikhon of Moscow]], is in communion with the Churches of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]] and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]], and is currently in rapproachment with its mother church, a process recently ratified by the All-Diaspora Council and the Holy Synod of ROCOR. | ||
+ | *[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this diocese is not 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 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 in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales (Cyprian)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is [[Old Calendarist]], and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes. | ||
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+ | ==People== | ||
+ | ===Current Hierarchs=== | ||
+ | *His Grace [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR). | ||
+ | *His Grace [[Milutin (Knezevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Milutin]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox). | ||
+ | *His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (Antiochian Orthodox). | ||
+ | *His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox). | ||
+ | **His Grace [[Ezekiel of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]]. | ||
+ | **His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney]]. | ||
+ | **His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]] and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]]. | ||
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+ | ===Other major figures=== | ||
+ | *[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof. | ||
+ | *Archimandrite [[Anthony (Woolf)]], fourth exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney, Australia. | ||
+ | *[[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]], [[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 Vice-Dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School in [http://www.orthodox.asn.au Kenya]. | ||
+ | *V. Rev. Fr [[Malatius Hussney (Sydney)|Malatius Hussney]], third Antiochian [[exarch]] 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 [[John Shehadie]], founding parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Punchbowl, 1973-87. | ||
+ | *Rev. Fr [[Malatius (Essam) Hussney]], parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne, 1968-77. | ||
+ | *Rev. Fr [[Stephen Godley]], 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. [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete. | ||
+ | *Fr [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete. | ||
+ | (''Only major figures with articles are listed'') | ||
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+ | ==Organizations and Institutions== | ||
+ | {{Template:GOAinstitutions}} | ||
+ | {{Template:AOAinstitutions}} | ||
+ | ===Pan-Jurisdictional=== | ||
+ | *[[Eastern Hierarchs]] | ||
+ | *[[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]] | ||
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+ | ==Lists== | ||
+ | *[[List of Australian monasteries|Monasteries in Australia]] | ||
+ | *[[List of English-speaking parishes in Australia|Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgical language]] | ||
+ | *[[List_of_Western-Rite_parishes_in_Australasia|Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite]] | ||
+ | *[[List of bishops in Australasia|Complete list of bishops in Australasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops). | ||
+ | {{Parishes of Australasia and Oceania}} | ||
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+ | {{AustralianMonasteries}} | ||
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+ | ==External links== | ||
+ | *[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand] | ||
+ | *[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia] | ||
+ | *[http://home.it.com.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia] | ||
+ | **[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia] | ||
+ | *[http://www.oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia] | ||
+ | *[http://www.crez.org Romanian Churches in Australia] (unofficial site) | ||
+ | *[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand] | ||
+ | *[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (in Serbian) | ||
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+ | [[Category:Church History]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Jurisdictions]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Australian Monasteries]] |
Revision as of 00:56, May 26, 2006
This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in Australasia | |
History | |
Orthodoxy in Australia Timeline Orthodoxy in New Zealand Timeline Antiochian Orthodox Gk Orthodox Archd. of ANZ | |
Jurisdictions | |
GOA Aus - Abp Makarios Antiochian - Metr. Basilios ROCOR - Bp George Serbian - Bp Siluan Romanian - Bp Michael GOM NZ - Met Myron | |
Pan-Orthodox Synaxes | |
Episcopal Assembly of Oceania SCCOCA | |
Institutions | |
Antiochian Orthodox Greek Orthodox (Aus) | |
Notable Monasteries | |
Complete List | |
St Anna Holy Cross Gorgoepikoos O.L. of Kazan Presentation |
Proph. Elias St John Mtn Pantanassa St Sava (Elaine) Transfiguration Archangels, NZ |
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From the first Divine Liturgy celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, the first Exarch in 1913, 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.
Contents
History
- Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia
- Statistics of Orthodoxy in Australia
- History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia
Jurisdictions
With Local Bishop
- Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
- Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
- Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand and Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate (The sole bishop of the New Gracanica diocese also administers the patriarchal diocese.)
Without Local Bishop
- Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia. There is one parish in Sydney, one in Melbourne and one in Adelaide.
- Moscow Patriarchate in Australia; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne.
- Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia; with one parish in Sydney and one parish in Brisbane.
- Polish Orthodox Church in Australia - began at 1971 schism in ROCOR.
- Romanian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand; with five parishes in Australia and one in New Zealand.
With an irregular status
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: This diocese, with establishment provided for by St Tikhon of Moscow, is in communion with the Churches of Serbia and Jerusalem, and is currently in rapproachment with its mother church, a process recently ratified by the All-Diaspora Council and the Holy Synod of ROCOR.
- Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: As part of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, this diocese is not 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 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 in Resistance - Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is Old Calendarist, and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Eminence Chrysostomos, Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes.
People
Current Hierarchs
- His Grace Hilarion, Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR).
- His Grace Milutin, Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).
- His Eminence Paul, Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (Antiochian Orthodox).
- His Eminence Stylianos, Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).
- His Grace Ezekiel of Dervis, auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in Melbourne.
- His Grace Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias, auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in Sydney.
- His Grace Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou, auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in Adelaide and for Perth.
Other major figures
- Bishop Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar, former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then missionary to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.
- Archimandrite Anthony (Woolf), fourth exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney, Australia.
- 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, abbot of the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa.
- Archimandrite Themistocles (Adamopoulo), former lecturer at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, now serving as Vice-Dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School in Kenya.
- V. Rev. Fr Malatius Hussney, third Antiochian exarch 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 Queensland and New Guinea, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
- Rev. Fr John Shehadie, founding parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Punchbowl, 1973-87.
- Rev. Fr Malatius (Essam) Hussney, parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne, 1968-77.
- Rev. Fr Stephen Godley, Antiochian priest and co-author of The Eastern Orthodox in Australia.
- Hmk. Dimitry (Obuhoff), founding superior of St John the Baptist Skete.
- Hmk. Joachim (Ross), superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.
- Fr Guri (Demidov), hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.
(Only major figures with articles are listed)
Organizations and Institutions
Template:GOAinstitutions Template:AOAinstitutions
Pan-Jurisdictional
Lists
- Monasteries in Australia
- Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgical language
- Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite
- Complete list of bishops in Australasia, past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).
Parishes in Australasia and Oceania | |||||||||||
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Orthodoxy in Australia: Monasteries |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia |
Male: Pantanassa | St George | St John Female: Gorgoepikoos | Holy Cross |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia |
Male: Holy Transfiguration | Archangel Michael Proph. Elias | St John the Baptist | Holy Trinity Female: Our Lady of Kazan | Presentation |
Other Jurisdictions |
Male: New Kalenic (Serbian) | St Sava (Serbian) Female: St Anna (Antiochian) | Nativity Skete (Serbian) |
External links
- Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
- Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of 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)
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