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Very Reverend Father '''Michael Shehadie''' was the succeeded his late father V Rev. Fr. [[Nicholas Shehadie]] as [[parish ]] [[priest ]] of St . George [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania|Antiochian]] Orthodox Church , Redfern, NSW, Australia, serving from 1934-1951.
==Life==Michael Shehadie was born in Lebanon in 1895, the second child of Fr . [[Nicholas Shehadie|Nicholas]] and [[Khourieh]] Alexandra Shehadie. Growing up there, he studied at Our Lady of BalamandTheological School, (in what is now Lebanon), and then in at the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy]], Russia; however, his . His wife Hannah (nee Khoury) did not want Michael to be [[ordination|ordained]] at that time. , so Michael chose to become became a chemist/herbalist.
He arrived joined his father in Sydney, Australia, in 1925 with his wife Hannah and his their two daughters Alexandra (Alice) (m. Mounir Doumani) , and Paulette (m. Daniel Joseph). In Australia, Michael and Hannah then had another two more children, Nicholas (later Sir Nicholas) (m. Marie Bashir, currently current Governor of NSW), and George (m. Carmel Wigan), and Margaret (m. Morris Hanna).
After the repose of his father in 1934, however, he accepted ordination to the [[priest]]hood and became parish priest of the Church of Saint St. George Redfern. After his [[ordination]], the family then had one further more child, Margaret (m. Morris Hanna).
At the end of World War II the Egyptian government offerd offered Fr . Michael the position of Honorary Consul in to Australia. Due to jealousy within the church community , and his devotion to the church, he declinedhad to decline. The Egyptian government would not accept anyone else, so the position remained unfilled.
In 1949 while Fr . Michael was parish priest, the NSW government decided to resume the land the church was built on to erect Department of Housing flats. Fr . Michael ensured the NSW Minister, Clive Evatt, found a suitable site close by for the to build a replacement church. Land was granted at the corner of Walker and Cooper Streets, Redfern, where the church—now cathedral—stands today.
It was a difficult time for Fr . Michael Shehadie worked on the new , as his father's churchwas demolished, but only lived and they had to see it approvedhold their services in the Sydney City Mission Hall in Redfern Street. Following his continual pushing, not built. In 1951 he reposed suddenly. The new land was granted at the corner of Walker and Cooper Streets Redfern, for the building of a replacement church was completed in 1953.
{{start box}}{{succession|before=V Rev Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]] Exarch|title=Parish Priest He had such a traumatic time with a section of Saint George Redfern, (the community that his health was badly affected. He suffered a fatal heart attack in Sydney)<br>([[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese 1951 at the age of Australia56. He had secured the land for a replacement church, New Zealandand the plans were drafted, and All Oceania|Church of Antioch]])|years=1934-1951|after=V Rev but Fr [[Malatius Hussney (Sydney)|Malatius Hussney]] Exarch}}{{end box}}. Michael did not live to see them realised.
Following his repose, the plans were put into effect and 'his' church was opened in 1954. Today this church is the Archdiocesan Cathedral.
 
==External links==
*[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]
*[http://www.alhs.org.au/shehadie.htm The Shehadie Family and the Antioch Orthodox Church] - Australian Lebanese Historical Society Inc.
*[http://www.stnicholas.org.au/Articles/DrBtrney.htm A Cradle of Orthodoxy: St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne, Victoria] by Dr Trevor Batrouney - St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, East Melbourne, Victoria
*[http://www.stnicholaspunchbowl.org.au/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=21 History: The Antioch Orthodox Church in Australia] - St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Sydney, New South Wales
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