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− | Fr '''John Shehadie''' (1908-2001) was a [[priest]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] and one of two sons of [[Exarch]] [[Nicholas Shehadie]] to be ordained priest.
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− | In 1973, Bp [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]] requested that a new church be built in the western suburbs of Sydney. One was built in Punchbowl, a suburb often called 'little Lebanon', just as Redfern used to be called 'little Syria'.
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− | Fr John Shehadie was appointed priest of the new church of St Nicholas, Punchbowl, and served there until his retirement in 1987.
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− | ''Yohanna'' is the English transliteration of the original Arabic name. The equivalent name in English is ''John''. ''Yohanna'' is often shortened to ''Hanna'', and among the Arabic-speaking community Fr John was usually known as ''Fr Hanna''.
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