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* After father reposed, Nikolai moved to Beijing to become a [[novice ]] in the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.* 1932: Completed theological studies, was tonsured [[tonsure]]d and given name 'Dimitry', [[ordination|ordained ]] to diaconate and priesthood [[priest]]hood by Abp [[Simon (Vinogradov) of PekingBeijing|Simon of Peking and China]].* Ministered to Peking Mission, Our Lady of Kazan Monastery, and St . Alexis [[parish ]] in Modyago.* 1956: Arrived in Australia with his mother. [[Archbishop]] [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] commissions Hmk Dimitry to build a [[monastery]] in Kentlyn, on land donated by Pdn . Peter Grishaev. To join him, the Hmk Dimitry recruited three men who wanted to test their monastic vocation.

*1959 Mar: Monastery project seems to have failed. Hmk Dimitry was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Joy of All who Sorrow, Geelong, Victoria, as the second permanent [[priest]] (after four years without a priest); two of the other [[novice]]s novices returned to the world, the third remaining and being in charge of the diocesan [[candle]]-factory. The monastery project, however, would later become [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].* 1962: Transferred to Vladimir Icon parish, Brisbane. Hoped to open a small monastic community in Brisbane, but Bp . [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret's ]] election as Metropolitan of ROCOR prevented this.

::Apr 8: Elevated to [[igumen|hegumen]].*1976-80: Served in [[Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church(Brisbane, Australia)|Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church]].