From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, the first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's its first [[bishop]] parishes in 1924the late 1890s, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.

==Canonical Jurisdictions==

*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand]] (under Constantinople), with 11 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).

''Note: All of the below entities are not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Entities are, where possible, sorted by size.''*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], .*[[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] - [[Parishes in Australia (Kallinikos)]]: The current ''locum tenens'' of this diocese entity is not in full communion with any Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the mainstream 'Free Serbian Orthodox ChurchesChurch'). This diocese number includes is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Australia and New ZealandDemetrias.*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with and the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This church is not in communion The parishes affiliated with any of the mainstream 'Greek Orthodox ChurchesCommunities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.*[[Holy Russian True Orthodox Metropolis Church]] - [[Diocese of Australia & Oceania]]: Originally churches who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Four parishes in Australia, for a time these parishes were part of the Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (while it was under Archbishop Serafeim of AthensPasechnik)|Tikhon]]. The Metropolis currently contains the * [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes who did not leave the omophorion of Abp Serafeimand one monastic community, and remains under Abp Serafeim of Athens (assisted headed by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron, and vicar-general Fr [[George AthanasiadisAgafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]].*[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese for Australia & New Zealand]] - 6 : Two parishes or communities are in Australia and 2 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This this group , which is not in communion affiliated with any of the mainstream [[True Orthodox ChurchesChurch in America]] (headed by [[Nicholas (Iuhoş)]]).*[[Holy Synod in ResistanceRussian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church)]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales Australia (CyprianiteROCA - Diaspora District)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This diocese, includes two parishes under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Previously headed by His Eminence Archbishop [[Chrysostomos Andronik (AlemangosKotliaroff) of Sydney|ChrysostomosAndronik]].*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]], Bishop : part of Sydney and New South Wales & Exarch of Australia the UAOC-Abroad (then consisting of 2 parishesLavrentios Synod), the current locum tenens is Bp Ambrose of Methone, and consists of four parishes and one monasterywith two bishops in Australia. [http://www.uaoc-abroad.org]

*His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) Makarios of Australia|StylianosMakarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).President of the Holy Eparchial Synod.**His Grace [[Christophoros of Kerasountos]], Chancellor & auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Makarios in Sydney.**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) Elpidios of DervisPerth]], [[auxiliary Regional bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Makarios for Western Australia.**His Grace [[List Silouan of parishes in Victoria|MelbourneAdelaide]], Victoria[[auxiliary Regional bishop]]to Archbishop Makarios for South Australia and Northern Territory.**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) Kyriakos of ApolloniasMelbourne]], [[auxiliary Regional bishop -Diocese of Melbourne]] to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in Melbourne.**His Grace [[List Evmenios of parishes in New South Wales|SydneyHora]], NSW[[auxiliary Regional bishop-Diocese of Northcote]]to Archbishop Makarios in the second District of Melbourne.**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) Bartholomew of DorileouBrisbane]], [[auxiliary Regional bishop ]] to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in Queensland.**His Grace [[List Athinagoras of parishes in South Australia|AdelaideCanberra]], SA[[auxiliary Regional bishop]], to Archbishop Makarios in Canberra & ACT.**His Grace [[List Iakovos of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin, NTMiletoupolis]], and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth, WAauxiliary bishop]]to Archbishop Makarios in Sydney.**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) Christodoulos of MiletoupolisMagnesia]], [[auxiliary bishop ]] to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in Sydney. Proistamenos of the Kogarah Parish. Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod.**His Eminence [[List Ezekiel (Kefalas) of parishes in Victoria|MelbourneDervis]], Victoriametropolitan.**His Eminence [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Sebasteia]], metropolitan.*His Eminence [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines|PaulBasilios]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence Grace [[Hilarion George (KapralSchaefer) of New York|Hilarion]]Australia, Archbishop Bishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan and First Hierarch of . [[ROCOR]].*His Grace [[Irinej_Siluan (DobrijevicMrakic)_of_Australia_and_New_Zealandof Australia and New Zealand|IrinejSiluan]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).

*V. Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea(2000-2019), [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].*Hmk. Igumen [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].*Hmk. Igumen [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.

*[http://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia] (Official Website)*[http://www.orthodox.net.au/en/orthodox-australia List and map of all Orthodox Parishes in Australia]*[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia: The History of a Church told from recently opened archives and previously unpublished sources], by Fr. [[Michael Protopopov ]] (PDF)