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Gay{{orthodoxyinaustralia}}'''Eastern Churches Council of Australia''' (formerly '''Eastern Hierarchs''') is an organisation of Christian eastern-rite jurisdictions in Australia. Each of the member organisations are based in the Middle East. ==Members==* Maronite Catholic Church* Chaldean Catholic Church* [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]]* Syrian Orthodox Church* Melkite Catholic Church* Ancient Church of the East* Armenian Catholic Church ==History==On Bright Monday, [[April 24]], 2006, an annual ecumenical service was held, under the aegis of 'Eastern Hierarchs', to commemorate the suffering, death, descent and resurrection of Christ. 38 [[clergy]] eight nuns were present, including Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], and members of all levels of the clergy. Churches represented include the Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Antioch]], [[Church of Cyprus|Cyprus]], Greece, [[Australian jurisdictions without a local bishop|Romania]]; the Non-Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches of the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Copts]] and [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriacs]]; and the [[Eastern Rite Catholic]] churches of the [[Maronite Catholic Church|Maronite]]s and the [[Melkite]]s. Apologies were received from the local [[bishop]]s of the Pre-Ephesian Orthodox Churches of the [[Armenians]] and of the [[Assyrians]]. ==External links==*[http://www.antiochian.org.au/content/view/409/7/ Eastern Hierarchs Ecumenical Service] (24 April, 2006)*[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/Resources/News/Prayer%20for%20the%20Peace%20in%20the%20Middle%20East.pdf Eastern Churches Council of Australia ecumenical service for peace in the Middle East] (25 March, 2012) [[Category:Organizations]]
moved Eastern Hierarchs to Eastern Churches Council of Australia: name seems to have changed.
