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type=[[Archdiocese]]|
founded=1969|
bishop=Metr. Abp. [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealand|Pauland the Philippines]]|
see=Sydney|
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|
territory=Australia and , New Zealand, the Philippines|language=Arabic, Church Slavonic, English, Greek, Macedonian, Moldovan, Romanian Filipino (others as needed)|music=[[Bulgarian Chant|Bulgarian]], [[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine]], [[Russian Chant|Russian]] & [[Znamenny Chant|Znamenny]] Chant; Russian & Western Choral|calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]] and [[Julian Calendar]] (depending on parishnormatively)|population=3743,490 (2005 internal census of congregants) 500 to 120123,000 (2007 Prime Minister's figures of adherents)|website=[http://www.antiochianarchantiochian.org.au Antiochian Archdiocese]
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The '''Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines''', with headquarters in Sydney, is an [[archdiocese]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. Its current [Since 2017, the Archdiocese has been led by Metropolitan [primate]] is His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie)]], [[Metropolitan Archbishop]] of Australia and New Zealand.
==History==
:''Full articleExpanded in: [[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]''The first wave of Syrian (now Lebanese) immigration was in the 1880-1890s, where work was found in hawking and peddling goods in the country areas of the eastern states of Australia. The first places of worship were in Sydney and Melbourne, with a Greek -speaking priest who also spoke Arabic and, sometimes, Russian. The Antiochian Orthodox faithful took part in the construction of both Holy Trinity, Sydney, and Holy Annunciation, Melbourne.
Due to the problems concerning the election of an Arab Patriarch of Antioch in 1899 and the decision of the [[Church of Constantinople]] to appropriate jurisdiction of parishes in the diaspora to the [[Church of Greece]] with the sole use of Ecclesiastical Greek, these churches were effectively closed off from the Arab Orthodox, aside from the sacraments. However, these faithful would not be denied Orthodoxy in their language and culture, and founded three Antiochian Orthodox churches in Australasia: St George, Sydney (founded by Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], exarch); St Nicholas, Melbourne (founded by Archim. [[Antonious (Mobayed)|Antonious]]); and St Michael, Dunedin (founded by Hmk [[Nicholas (Manovitch)|Nicholas]]. These churches, founded in the 1920s and 1930s, continued to be the only Antiochian Orthodox parishes in Australasia through the period of the Exarchate.
In 1999, Bp Gibran reposed. The Holy Synod of Antioch, having raised Australia and New Zealand to an Archdiocese, consecrated Archim. Paul (Saliba), the Antiochian Orthodox parish priest of St. George Church in Washington DC, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the new Archdiocese. His tenure has seen a rapid growth of parishes, clergy and the use of English in the Divine Liturgy of Antiochian Orthodox parishes.
From ten parishes at his enthronement in late 1999, the total at the end of eight years of Met. Abp Paul's tenure , at the close of 2007, stands at approximately 34 parishes or missions and 1 monastery, including three English-language parishes in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, served by 42 clergymen, including two university chaplains universities [[chaplain]]s in Melbourne and the first Orthodox military chaplain in Australia. In 2008, a "historic moment in the history of...the Archdiocese" occurred, with the Archdiocese accepting a large number of converts in the Philippines (based in Davao and Manila). This event was especially marked by a change in the name of the Archdiocese to include 'Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines'. In July 2017, Metropolitan Paul reposed. Archimandrite Basilios (Kodseie) was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar before being elected Metropolitan of the Archdiocese on 4 October[http://antiochian.org/axios-axios-holy-synod-antioch-elects-two-new-metropolitans], being subsequently consecrated and enthroned.
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==Recent eventsOrganisation==The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese is a single archdiocese spanning a number of countries. The Archbishop resides in Australia , and there is a Deanery for New Zealand is set to accept two denominations and a Vicariate in the Philippines into the Archdiocese. There are 23 [[parish]]es and missions across Australia, including over 30 religious leaders 6 parishes and 31 churches with ~6000 adherents. This has been heralded as a "historic moment missions in the history Deanery of the Patriarchate of Antioch New Zealand and the Archdiocese a number of Australia and New Zealand". There is also some evidence to suggest that Metr. Abp Paul is now the primate for missions in the Philippines. [http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/NewsItem.aspx?i=38]
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese Diocese of Australia and New Zealand Australasia (as it was then called) was a founding member of the [[Eastern HierarchsStanding Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]], believing it to be an organisation working towards spreading and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the love Philippines is now a part of God throughout the whole mystery [[Episcopal Assembly of Oceania|Episcopal Assembly of His ChurchOrthodox Bishops in Oceania]] that first met in 2010 in response to the Chambesy meeting.
==Administration==
===Current===
===Hierarch===* His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)and the Philippines]] of Australia and New Zealand.===Deans===**Vicar-General of Archdiocese, Dean of CathedralSydney: Right Reverend [[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]].**Dean of AustraliaMelbourne: [[Archpriest ]] [[George Nasr]].**[[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Dean of New Zealand]]: [[Archpriest]] [[Jack Witbrock]]Very Reverend Priest George Bosauder.
===Bishops of Australia and New Zealand===
* Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran (Ramlawey)]], Patriarchal Vicar of Australia and New Zealand, 1969-1999.
* Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]], Primate 1999-2017.* Metropolitan [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines|Basilios (Kodseie)]], 19992017-present. ==See Also==*[[Orthodoxy in Australia]]*[[Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]*[[Orthodoxy in the Philippines]]
==External links==
* [http://www.antiochianarchantiochian.org.au Official website of the Archdiocese]* [http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/Parishes.aspx Parishes of Archdiocese from the Diocesan website]
* [http://www.antiochian.org.nz Official website of the New Zealand Deanery]
* [http://www.antiochpat.org Official website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch]
