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{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, New Zealand's first [[priest]] in 1910, Australia's first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's first [[bishop]] in 1924, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australasia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.

This Previously, this article seeks to be was a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australiaand New Zealand; however, this article is now focused on Orthodoxy and any things that effect both Australia and New Zealand, and (God willing) on any information on Orthodoxy in Oceania. ==Sub-series==*[[Orthodoxy in Australia]]*[[Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]

*[[Timeline Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Orthodoxy Australia and New Zealand]] - The forerunner to the present Greek Orthodox structures in [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia|Australia]]*and [[Timeline Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Orthodoxy in New Zealand|New Zealand]].*[[Statistics History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in AustraliaAustralasia]]

*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]]*[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]*[[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church]] [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|in Australia and New Zealand]] and [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate]] (The sole bishop of the New Gracanica patriarchal diocese also administers the patriarchal New Gracanica diocese.)

*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne<!-- broken link to http://www.htocm.org -->.*[[Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]]; with one parish in Sydney and one parish in Brisbane.

 ===Oriental Orthodox jurisdictions==={{oriental}}*[[Church of RomaniaIndia|Romanian Indian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia and New Zealand]]; with five parishes one [[parish]] each in Australia Sydney, Melbourne and one in New ZealandAuckland.

*[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand: This diocese, with establishment provided for by St [[Tikhon of Moscow]], is in communion with the Churches of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]] and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]], and is currently in rapproachment with its mother church, a process recently ratified by the All-Diaspora Council and the Holy Synod of ROCOR.*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this [[diocese ]] is not in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.*[[Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a [[schism ]] with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; this diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is was headed by His Grace Paul, Bishop of Christianoupolis, before coming under the [[old calendarist]] Archbishop Auxentios II of Athens. The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.*[[Holy Synod in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales (Cyprian)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is [[Old Calendarist]], and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is , consisting of two parishes, was headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishesuntil his 2010 repose.

*His Grace Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Metropolitan of New York and First Hierarch of ROCOR, and Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR).*His Grace [[Milutin Irinej (KnezevicDobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand|MilutinIrinej]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox).

 ===Other major figures===*[[Archimandrite]] [[Antonious (Mobayed)]], first priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne.*Archimandrite [[Nicholas (Manovitch)]], first priest in New Zealand.====Exclusively in Australia====*His Grace [[Bishop]] [[Nektarios Iakovos (KellisTsigounis) of MadagascarMilitoupolis]], former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] auxiliary bishop to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.*Archimandrite [[Nabil (Kachab)]], Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] since 2003.*Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], former Vicar-General of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]].*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], former lecturer at [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], now serving as Vice-Dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School Archbishop Stylianos in [http://www.orthodox.asn.au Kenya].*V. Rev. Fr [[Malatius Hussney]], second Antiochian [[exarch]] of Australia.*V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Shehadie]], second priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of St George (later cathedral), Sydney.*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], exarch to Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].*Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in QueenslandVictoria|Queensland]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].*Hmk. [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding superior of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist SketeMelbourne]].*Hmk. [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.*Fr [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.====Exclusively in New Zealand====*V. Rev. Fr [[Ilyan Eades]], archpriest in the [[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Deanery of New Zealand]], Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.*Rev. Fr [[Ian Nield]], priest in the [[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Deanery of New Zealand]], Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.(''Only major figures with articles are listed'')