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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]]: ROCOR, including this diocese, is currently in communion with the Churches of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]], [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] and, as of 16 May 2006, [[Church of Russia|Russia]].*[[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 , and is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; this diocese with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This entity is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.*[[Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Australia & Oceania (Serapheimite)]]: Originally parishes who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. This entity currently contains the 6 Australian parishes (and 2 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) who are under the omophorion of Abp Serapheim of Athens (assisted by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron). This diocese entity is headed by His Grace Paul, Bishop not in communion with any of Christianoupolisthe mainstream Orthodox Churches.*[[Holy Synod in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales (CyprianCyprianite)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This dioceseentity, 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 Previously headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, & Exarch of Australia, the current locum tenens is Bp Ambrose of Methone, and consists of two four parishesand one monastery. This diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches.

*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).

:[[List of bishops in Australasia|Complete list of bishops in Australasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops). ===Other major figures===**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]] [[Antonious (Mobayed)]], first priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne.*Archimandrite [[Nabil (Kachab)]], Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] since 2003.*Archimandrite [[Nicholas (Manavitch)]], first priest in New Zealand.*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 in [http://www.orthodox.asn.au Kenya].*V. Rev. Fr [[Ilyan Eades]], archpriest Archbishop Stylianos in the [[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Deanery of New Zealand]], Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.*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|QueenslandMelbourne]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].*Rev. Fr [[Ian Nield]], priest in the [[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Deanery of New Zealand]], Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.*Hmk. [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding superior of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].*Hmk. [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.*Fr [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.(''Only major figures with articles are listed'')