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Current Hierarchs
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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.
This article seeks to be a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia.
*[[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]
==Canonical Jurisdictions==
===With Local Bishop===
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
*[[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 entity is Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the 'Free Serbian Orthodox Church'). This number includes is a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Demetrias.
*[https://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia - Kyivan Patriarchate]: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate|Kyivan Patriarchate]], and includes parishes under the Greek Exarchate of the Kyivan Patriarchate. 5 parishes are in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane.*[[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). The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.
* [[Russian True Orthodox Church]] - [[Diocese of Australia]]: Four parishes in Australia, headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (Pasechnik)|Tikhon]].
* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes and one monastic community, headed by Metropolitan [[Agafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]].
* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church)]] - [[Diocese of Australia (ROCA - Diaspora District)]]: includes two parishes under Archbishop [[Andronik (Kotliaroff)|Andronik]].
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]]: part of the UAOC-Abroad (Lavrentios Synod), and with two bishops in Australia. [http://www.uaoc-abroad.org]
*[[Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Australia & Oceania (Serapheimite)]]: Originally parishes who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. In Australia, this entity currently contains one parish, in Clayton.
===Previously in Australia===
==People==
===Current Hierarchs===
*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 [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], 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 [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.
*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Siluan]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).
*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox)
*V. Rev. Protopresbyter [[Mitko Machevski]], parish priest of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], first exarch in Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].
*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]].
*Igumen [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].
*Igumen [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.
==Lists==
*[[List of Australian monasteries|Monasteries in Australia]]
*[[List of English-speaking parishes in Australia|Parishes in Australia with English as a liturgical language]]
*[[List_of_Western-Rite_parishes_in_Australasia|Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite]]
*[[List of bishops in Australasia|Complete list of bishops in Australasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).
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*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[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)