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bishop=[[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Metr. Herman]], administratorn/a|

hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York State, USA]]|territory=Qld formerly Sydney and NSWBrisbane, Australia|

calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|

website=[http://oca.org/CAdioceseAUPDF/DOC-PUB/SB/2006/06.asp?SID=8 Parishes 13oca-australian.parishes.pdf Listing in Australia2006 Sourcebook & Church Directory]

''Some history is provided In 1971, in a split from [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]], a group of Orthodox faithful applied to the Orthodox Church in America for acceptance.  St Nicholas Parish in Bankstown, NSW, was formed in 1959 and worshipped in premises the parishioners built on land leased from NSW Government Railways. In 1971, it was under the rectorship of [[Archimandrite]] [[Veniamin (Garshin)]] who had resigned as dean of the ROCOR Cathedral in Sydney and departed from that [http://oca.org/DIRlisting[jurisdiction]].asp?SID=9&KEY=At that time they petitioned OCA-AU-HOMSMM for their acceptance under the [[omophorion]] of the OCA Parish Listing for StMetropolitan. Their petition was quickly granted. Michael Orthodox  A second [[parish]] in Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Church, was formed under the rectorship of Fr. [[Gregory Malisheff]]''{{stub}}and, following the example of the Bankstown parish, petitioned the OCA and was also quickly accepted.

==Organisation==The OCA Parishes In 1977, a third group, later named the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, was formed in Australia is an administrative grouping metropolitan Sydney for the purpose of purchasing and organising another parish, under the rectorship of two churchesFr [[Michael Mersher]].*Holy Annunciation In November of that year, Mr Verjbitsky contacted the Uniting Church and was offered a surplus Presbyterian church in Homebush. The building was made suitable for Orthodox Churchworship, including an [[iconostasis]], Woolloongabbaon [[January 26]], Queensland.*St1978. Fr Michael Orthodox Churchwas the [[rector]] from 1978-80, Fr [[Theodore Michaluk]] from 1980-86, HomebushFr Leopold in 1986, New South Walesand Fr [[Igor Chlabicz]] from 1987.

==Other information==Originally, three parishes were formed out Following the repose of this split Archimandrite Veniamin in ROCOR: the above two1994, and the first, Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, in America was unable to supply a replacement [[priest]] for the Bankstownparish. The parish council of St. Nicholas approached Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]], then Antiochian Orthodox Bishop for Australia and New South WalesZealand, and asked if he was able to supply a [[priest]] who could celebrate in Slavonic. Hieromonk [[Andrew (Vujisic)|Andrija (Zoran Vujisić)]] and, led by later, Fr [[Nicholas Gan]] assisted on a temporary basis until Fr [[Mitko Machevski]] commenced services at St. Nicholas on [[ArchimandriteAugust 10]] Veniamin, 1996. The parish later formally changed jurisdictions to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. Fr. Mitko was appointed rector of the parish, which continues to use Church Slavonic and follow the [[Julian Calendar]].

Following In Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church found itself without a rector after Fr [[Ian Bojko]] retired in 2005. In 2009, the repose parish requested permission to enter the ROCOR [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Archm. Veniamin, OCA Australia and New Zealand]] as an English-language parish; this was accomplished by the mutual consensus of Metropolitans [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah]] and [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]] and the transfer was unable to appoint a replacement priestfinalised in May 2009.

Bp Gibran After the rectorate of Fr. Igor Chlabicz, the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael was served by Rev. Fr. [[John Vesic]], a priest of the [[Antiochian Serbian Orthodox Archdiocese Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] was approached by the parish council and asked if he could assist. He was able to supply a Slavonic usage priestIn March 2011, [[Fr Mitko Machevski]]. The the parish later formally changed jurisdiction received the blessing of Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA to join the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, with Bishop [[Church Irinej (Dobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej of AntiochSydney]]placing a new antimens in the church on Forgiveness Sunday, 2011. Fr Mitko Machevski was then formally appointed This parish priest. The is also designated an English-language parish continues - at the time of its use of Church Slavonic transfer, the only one in the Liturgy Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and continues to follow the Julian (Old) CalendarNew Zealand.

In 2004, at the instigation ==Current status of Met Abp Paulparishes==The OCA Parishes in Australia is now a defunct administrative grouping, the parish purchased the land its church is built on having existed from the NSW government. The property is held in trust for the parish by the Antiochian Orthodox Church Property Trust1971 to 2011.

== The Episcopacy =====Current Episcopacy===* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) final OCA presence in Australia concluded with the repose of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]] of Washington and New York, administrator of the parishes Fr Ian Bojko in AustraliaJan 2013.

===Previous Bishops=Episcopacy ==* His Eminence [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], Archbishop of Montreal and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 19631972-1981.* His Beatitude [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 19721981-2002.* His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 2002-2008.* His Beatitude [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Austraila, 2008-19812011.

* [httphttps://www.ausorthodoxstmichaelshomebush.comorg.au/ St Michael's, Homebush] (previously, Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael] (the church in Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales)* [http://ha-ocawww.faithwebantiochianarch.comorg.au/ Holy Annunciation NSW.aspx#nsw007 Parish listing for Antiochian Orthodox Churchof Saint Nicholas, Bankstown] (the church former parish in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queenslandthis grouping)* [http://www.antiochianholyannunciation.org.aunet Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church]* [http:/content/blogcategorywww.spc.rs/4sr/19/11/ Saint Nicholas Bankstown] (nova_parohija_spc_u_sidneju "New Parish of the church formerly Serbian Orthodox Church in this grouping)Sydney"]