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After his graduation, he worked with disadvantaged groups in Northwest [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]], from Townsville to Hughenden in the then-Department of Social Security (since renamed). During this time, he married Michelle in 1988.
In 1989, they moved to Brisbane, where Dimitri practised social work in psychiatric disability; in 1991, he became a practising Family Court Counsellor in the Family Court of Australia, Brisbane. In May of this year, Dimitri was ordained [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]] to the [[deacon|diaconate]] at the Church of St George, where he is assigned to serve. He begins began a ministry of teaching, bringing many Orthodox back to the Church.
At the end of 1994, Dcn Dimitri was ordained to the [[priest]]hood at the Church of St George. Soon after, he moves to Sydney, where he began studies at [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], simultaneously serving parishes in Sydney. After his graduation from St Andrew's in 1997 with a Bachelor of Theology, he was again placed at the Church of St George, Brisbane, first as assistant priest, then as rector.
On the retirement of V. Rev. Fr [[Gregory Sakellariou]] from the position in 2000, Fr Dimitri is was made Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of Queensland and New Guinea. Subsequently, in 2001, Fr Dimitri was elevated to the rank of [[Economos]].
In 2007, Fr Dimitri was awarded a Masters of International Relations with Distinction from Macquarie University, focusing on the European Union.
==List of Articles==
*[http://gocstgeorge.com.au/ourpriestspriests.html php Biography], on the website of the Greek Orthodox Church Community of St George.
*Sermon on the [http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/publican.htm Publican and the Pharisee].
*Article in 1999, within the [[Voice in the Wilderness]], on [http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/prodigal.htm The Prodigal Son].
*Article in 2004, within the Voice in the Wilderness, on the [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/confession1.html Importance of Confession].
*A book on incarnational theology, [http://www.franciscan.org.au/ourjoy.html That Our Joy May Be Complete], in which Fr Dimitri has an essay on the Orthodox viewpoint.
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