The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese is treated as one single archdiocese spanning two countries, with the Archbishop in Australia and a Deanery for New Zealand. There are 23 [[parish]]es and missions across Australia, 7 parishes and missions in the Deanery of New Zealand, and approximately 37,525 500 [[faithful]] in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. The Archdiocese also has one female monastery of [[Monastery of St Anna (Preston, Australia)|St Anna]] in Victoria, and runs the [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies]].