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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.
* [[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]
===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_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)