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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 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.
