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==First Wave of Immigrants==
*1850s: Massacres of Orthodox Christians by the Ottoman Turks in Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Syria, and other parts of the Middle East see a great displacement of Orthodox from these regions.
*1880s1860s: Numbers of Arabic speaking Orthodox arrive in Australia and some move from there to New Zealand. *1880s: Discovery of gold, especially around Dunedin, sees significant arrivals of Orthodox from Eastern Europe and the Middle East in New Zealand. Dunedin becomes financial capital of New Zealand. *1890s: Russian, Syrian, and Greeks , set up joint community worship groups where all involved are welcome.*18981899: Patriarch of Constantinople refuses to recognise newly elected Arabic speaking Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. This fractures the Orthodox communites around the world.
:: Patriarch of Jerusalem considered neutral in this dispute and asked to send out priests for Australia and New Zealand.
*1902: [[Church of Greece]] takes seizes responsibility for Greek-speaking parishes in Australasia from the [[Church of Jerusalem]].
*1908: [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] arbitrates and grants jurisdiction of Greek parishes in Australasia to the Church of Greece.
*1910: [[Hieromonk|Hmk]] [[Nicholas (Manavitch)]] (Russian), the first Orthodox priest to reside in New Zealand, arrives.
*1911 Jan 11: First church in New Zealand, St Michael's, blessed in Dunedin by Hmk Fr Nicholas.
*1913: Fr Nicholas Shehadie appointed Patriarchal [[Exarch]] for Australia and New Zealand by His Beatitude Gregorious Haddad Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
:: Hmk Fr Nicholas leaves New Zealand for Sydney, Australia. No priest left in New Zealand.
*1916: Exarch Nicholas Shehadie visits New Zealand for 2-3 months. Conducts services throughout New Zealand. After his departure there is, again, no Orthodox priest in New Zealand.
*1919: Exarchate of Australia and New Zealand (Antiochian) is confirmed as permanent by Patriarch of Antioch.
