The Right Reverend [[Archimandrite ]] '''Nabil (Kachab)''' is the Dean of St. George Cathedral, Sydney; the was appointed Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]; in 2003, and the co-ordinator of St. the Saint Paul's Theological Course of Studies in Sydney. In 2005 he was also appointed Dean of Saint George Cathedral, Redfern, Sydney.

Prior to priesthood, Fr Nabil was president of the [[parish]] council of Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne. After this, he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[diaconate]] in 1993 taking the name Nabil and continuing to serve at Saint Nicholas East Melbourne. In the same year, Bishop [[Gibran (RimlawiRamlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran of Australia and New Zealand]], Fr [[Dimitri Baroudi]] ([[priest ]] of St Nicholas, 1990-present) and Dcn Nabil organised a Forum at St Nicholas, most East Melbourne. Most of whom those attending were priestsof various Christian denominations. This forum inspired many conversions from the Anglican Church to the Orthodox, many finding a home at St. Saint Nicholas. These included Virginia Hutchinson (now at [[superior]] of [[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Australia)|St. Anna Convent]]), Fr Raymond Smith (with his [[congregation ]] of 50 families on the Gold Coast), Fr Ted Doncaster (priest of St Anthony the Great, Perth), Fr George Robinson (in Canberra, now in [[ROCOR]]), Fr Geoffrey Geoff Harvey (priest of the Good Shepherd Mission, Melbourne), and the late Fr Columba Radford (serving the Western Rite parish of St Cuthbert's, Melbourne).

 In 1997, Dcn Nabil was ordained to the priesthood; , closely followed by his 1998 elevation to Archimandrite[[archimandrite]]. This made him the first priest within the Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania to be elevated to Archimandritein Australia. During this time, he continued to serve at St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, East Melbourne.

 In 2003, Archim. Nabil permanently moved to Sydney to continue his work with parishes in Sydney, and was appointed Vicar-General of the Archdiocese. On the [[August 28|28th August]], 2005, Archimandrite Nabil commenced duties as Dean of St. George Cathedral, Sydney, replacing Fr [[Nicolas Mansour ]] who retired after 42 years of priestly service at the [[Cathedral]].

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