Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
Jurisdiction	Constantinople
Diocese type	Metropolis
Founded	1970
Current bishop	Met. Amphilochios
See(s)	Wellington
Headquarters	Wellington, New Zealand
Territory	New Zealand
Liturgical language(s)	Greek, English
Musical tradition	Byzantine Chant
Calendar	Revised Julian
Population estimate	9,588 (2001 Census, all Orthodox included)
Official website	Greek Metropolis

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand, headquartered in Wellington, is an eparchy of the Church of Constantinople. Its current primate is His Eminence Metropolitan Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand.

History

For more detailed history before 1970, See Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.

Before 1908 New Zealand, along with the rest of the Greek 'diaspora,' was under the omophorion of the Church of Jerusalem; but, in 1908, jurisdiction over New Zealand was transferred to the newly-recognised Church of Greece. In 1924, the parishes of Australia and New Zealand - by now Greek in character as well as in name - were formed into a metropolis under the Church of Constantinople. In 1959, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand was elevated to Archdiocese, and Metropolitan Ezekiel elevated to Archbishop with it. In 1970, due to the growing size and needs of the Archdiocese, Australia and New Zealand were split into the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia under Archbishop Ezekiel, and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand under the newly-elevated Metropolitan Dionysios.

In 2003, Dionysios was promoted to the Metropolis of Proussa, promoting Joseph to be the second metropolitan of New Zealand. In 2004, the decision was made to separate the exarchate of Korea from New Zealand and to make it a metropolis of its own, leaving Metropolitan Joseph the sole hierarch in the Metropolis of New Zealand. In August 2005, Metropolitan Joseph resigned from his see, and has left New Zealand to reside in Greece. In October 2005, Amphilochios was promoted to Metropolitan of New Zealand.

This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in New Zealand

History

Orthodoxy in NZ - Timeline Antiochian Orthodox Gk Orthodox Archd. of ANZ

Jurisdictions

Greek - Met Amphilochios Antiochian - Apr Jack Witbrock ROCOR - Apr Vladimir Boikov Serbian - Apr Velibor Bojičić Romanian - Bp Mihail

Institutions

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Organisation

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand is a single metropolis with seven churches. The central church, the Archdiocesan Church of St Andrew the First-called, Miramar, is the headquarters of the Metropolis.

The Episcopacy

Current Episcopacy

• Metropolitan Amphilochios of New Zealand, Oct 2005-present.

Previous Bishops of the Metropolis

• Dionysios (Psiahas), Metropolitan of New Zealand, 1970-2003; Exarch of India, Korea and Japan, 1970-1996; Exarch of Korea and Japan, 1996-2003.
• Sotirios (Trambas) of Zela (auxiliary bishop in Korea), 1993-2004.
• Metropolitan Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand, 2003-2005.

See also

• List of parishes in the North Island (NZ)
• List of parishes in the South Island (NZ)

External links

• Official Website of the Metropolis
• Official Website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople