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The '''Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand''' of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, headquartered in Sydney, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Grace Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], both First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]] and [[Archbishop]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.

*The first Russian [[parish ]] established in Australia and New Zealand was St. Nicholas Church (now Cathedral), Brisbane, in 1926.*The first ROCOR [[bishop ]] of Australia and New Zealand was Bp Theodore (Rafalsky), 1948-55.

The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Within the diocese, of which the Archbishop Metropolitan Hilarion is currently the head and sole bishop, there are various deans who are in charge of one or more statesgeographic areas. There are 24 approx. 62 [[parish]]es and communitiesin the diocese, along with 6 including 17 [[monasticism|monasteries]] and [[skete]]s , across Australia, as well as 4 23 parishes and communities in Indonesia, 5 parishes and communities in New Zealand, and one mission-church parish (along with one monastic skete) in South Korea.

In February 2005 His Grace Archbishop Hilarion received into the Diocese clergy and parishioners of the On [[Gereja Orthodox Indonesia|Indonesian Orthodox ChurchJuly 4]] who were formerly under , 2009, the jurisdiction First Hierarch of the [[Orthodox Metropolitanate ROCOR, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Hong Kong Eastern America and Southeast Asia]] ([[Church New York, Archbishop of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]])Sydney, and there are now a growing number of parishes and mission centres scattered throughout Indonesia. The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, as consecrated a part of the new [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russiachurch]], is involved in the process to reenter communion with the [[Church honor of Russia]].[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia#After_the_Soviet_Fall][http://orthodoxwiki.org/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia#Rapprochement_with_Moscow] The majority St John of laity Shanghai and clergy in Australia support reunion with MoscowSan Francisco specifically for Orthodox Australian Aboriginals. However This event is symbolic of a small minority are opposed to reunion and are demanding substantial concessions from Moscow despite the manifest visible changes and public declarations new era of the Church missionary work in Russia, now free from state control, since the fall of the Soviet Union.[http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/3/14.aspx]Patriarch Alexy of Russia in 1993 made Australian and New Zealand Diocese where a statement significant portion of public repentance for the murder of the Royal Martyrs by the Communists. On September 6, 2006 The Synod of Bishops of ROCOR decreed their confirmation its parishioners and approval of the revised Act of Canonical Unity and instructed the Commission on Discussion with the Moscow Patriarchate to work jointly with the [[Moscow Patriarchateclergy]] are converts to work out details of the official signing of the Act. [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/9enaktko.html] Subsequently on September 11, 2006 The Synod of Bishops of ROCOR published on ROCOR's website a clarification of their decision to confirm and approve the Act. [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/9enaktexplanantion.html] Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia acknowledged the work of the commissions and declared that the act Orthodoxy of reunification, while moving in the right direction, will take time. [http://www.interfaxnon-religion.com/?act=news&div=1977]  Both the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] and the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] published on their respective websites the final full text of the Act of Canonical Unity [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enmat_akt.html] with all relevant supporting documents [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enmat_addendum.html] [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/11ensummation.html] on November 1, 2006. The Act having been approved by both the Moscow Patriarchate and ROCOR, all that remains left for each to do is work out the confirmation and enactment, which is expected to take place sometime in 2007. [http://www.interfax-religionbackground.com/?act=news&div=2208]   

* Archbishop Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.**Archimandrite [[Daniel (Bambang Dwi) Byantoro|Daniel (Bambang Dwi Byantoro)]], head of the [[Gereja Orthodox Indonesia|Indonesian Orthodox Churchmission (ROCOR)]](23 parishes).**Archpriest John Stukacz[[Michael Protopopov]], Vicar-General of the Diocese, and dean of New Victoria, Tasmania, South Wales Australia and Western Australia (10 16 parishes)**Archpriest Michael Klebansky[[Nikita Chemodakov]], dean of Queensland New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (4 18 parishes)**Archpriest [[Michael ProtopopovKlebansky]], dean of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia Queensland (14 5 parishes)**Archpriest Nicholas Karipoff[[Vladimir Boikov]], dean of New Zealand (4 6 parishes)**Priest Justin Hieromonk [[Paul (Kang)]], sole priest in South Koreahead of the Korean Orthodox Mission (1 parish).

* Archbishop Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1996-present. [[Image:Hilarion_red_panagea.jpg‎]]

* [http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006acuvp87.8509042006/02whole.pdf History of the Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia - 2.4MB file]

[[Category:Jurisdictions|Australia and New Zealand]]

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