{{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 article seeks to be a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia, New Zealand, and (God willing) in Oceania.

==History==*Previously, this article was a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Timeline of Orthodoxy Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia]]*[[Timeline of and New Zealand; however, this article is now focused on Orthodoxy in and any things that affect both Australia and New Zealand]], and on any information on Orthodoxy in Oceania.

==People=====Current Hierarchs=Sub-series==*Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney]], Orthodoxy in Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR [[Archbishop]] of Australia and New Zealand)*Bishop [[Milutin (Knezevic) of Australia and New Zealand]] (Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand)*Metropolitan [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand]] (Antiochian Orthodox [[Metropolitan]] of Australia and Orthodoxy in New Zealand)*Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia]] (Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia)**Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis, [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Melbourne.**Bishop [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary to Archbishop Stylianos in Sydney.**Bishop [[Nikandros (Kalyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary to Archbishop Stylianos in Adelaide.

===Other major figures=History==*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of MadagascarAustralia and New Zealand]], Greek-Australian [[missionary]] The forerunner to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.*[[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]].*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], formerly lecturer at [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's the present Greek Orthodox Theological College]]; currently assistant dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School 'Archbishop Macarius III' structures in Nairobi.*Archimandrite [[Stefanos (Pantanassiotis)]], [[Abbot]] of the [[Monastery Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Pantanassa (Mangrove, Australia)|Monastery of PantanassaAustralia]]*Mother Kallistheni, and [[Abbess]] Greek Orthodox Metropolis of the [[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Australia)New Zealand|Monastery of GorgoepikoosNew Zealand]].*[[Archpriest|V. Rev.]] Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar of the Fourth Archdiocesan District History of [[List of parishes Antiochian Orthodoxy in Queensland|QueenslandAustralasia]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].

===Previous Bishops===*Metropolitan [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis) of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1924-1929.*Metropolitan [[Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Rhodes|Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1931-1947.*Bishop [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]] of Sydney, ROCOR. 19??-1955.*Metropolitan [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1947-1958.*Bishop [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] of Brisbane, ROCOR. 1963-1964.*Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava (Rayevsky)]] of Sydney, ROCOR. 19??-1971.*Archbishop [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia]], GOA. 1959-1974.*Bishop [[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond|Constantine (Essensky)]] of Brisbane, Vicar of the Australian Diocese, ROCOR. 1967-1976.*Archbishop Theodosius of Sydney, ROCOR. 19??-1980.*Archbishop [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul (Pavlov)]] of Sydney, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, ROCOR. 1980-1995.*Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Brisbane, Vicar of the Australian Diocese, ROCOR. 1996-1997.*Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlaoui) of Australia and New Zealand]], AOCA. 1969-1999.*Metropolitan [[Dionysios (Psiahas) of Proussa|Dionysios (Psiahas) of New Zealand]], GOA. 1970-2003.*Metropolitan [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand]] ==Canonical Jurisdictions==

*[[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 Metropolitanate of Australia Australian and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate]] (the sole bishop, of the New Gracanica diocese, also administers the patriarchal diocese)

*[[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and]]*[[Church of RussiaAustralian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Moscow PatriarchateAustralia]] . There is one parish in Australia; with a single parish, "Holy Trinity Orthodox Church"[http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide].*[[Orthodox Church in Americaof Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Parishes in Australia]]; with two parishes one parish each in Sydney and one parish in BrisbaneMelbourne.*[https://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church of Ukraine - Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate']: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Poland– Kyiv Patriarchate|Polish Orthodox Churchof Ukraine]] , with 5 parishes in Australia - began at [[Timeline Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane. With the Decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 11/10/18 starting from Patriarch Philaret and Metropolitan Makary all anathemas, defrokments & excommunication were uplifted and all clergy under them restored to canonical status. On the 15/12/2018 the new head of the church Metropolitan Epiphanios was elected by the united Sobor of bishops assembly. Autocephaly and Tomos to the Ukrainian church was officially handed to the Metropolitan of Orthodoxy Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in Australia|1971 schism]] in ROCORConstantinople by the Ecumenical Patriarch.*[[Church Consistory of Romania|Romanian Orthodox Church]] [[Romanian the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|in Australia and New Zealand]]; (under Constantinople), with five 10 parishes and missions in Australia Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).

==Organizations and Institutions=====Pan-JurisdictionalOriental Orthodox jurisdictions==={{oriental}}*[[Standing Conference Church of Canonical India|Indian Orthodox Churches of Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one [[parish]] each in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.

===Archdiocesan Institutions and PublicationsWith an irregular status===*[[Voice Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of Orthodoxythe [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], official publication this is not in full communion with any of the Greek mainstream Orthodox Archdiocese Churches, and is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australiaand New Zealand.*[[To VemaAutocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]], official newspaper : Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.*[[St. Basil's Homes with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (AustraliaGOCSA)|St. Basil's Homes]] and Aged Care Services.*[[Estia Foundation This entity is not in communion with any of Australia]]the mainstream Orthodox Churches.*[[Missionary Association of The parishes affiliated with the Ascension 'Greek Orthodox Communities of our Lord]]South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.

==People=Theological Institutions and Programs====Current Hierarchs===*His Eminence [[St. Andrew's Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia|Makarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox Theological College ).**His Grace [[Ezekiel of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]].**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Militoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]].*His Eminence [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Metropolitan of New York and First Hierarch of ROCOR, and Archbishop of Australiaand New Zealand (ROCOR).**His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological CollegeGeorge]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.*His Grace [[Melbourne Institute Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox Christian Studies).*His Eminence [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron]], Metropolitan of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox).*His Grace [[St. Paul's Theological Course Siluan (Mrakic) of StudiesAustralia and New Zealand|Irinej]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).

==Organizations and Institutions=Ecclesiastical Music===*[[Association of Friends of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music of South Australia]].*[[School of Byzantine Music (Australia)|School of Byzantine Music]], under the auspices of St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College. =Pan-Jurisdictional=Monasteries==*[[Monastery of St Anna (Preston, Australia)|Holy Monastery Episcopal Assembly of St AnnaOceania]] (AOCA, female)*[[Monastery of St George (Winmalee, Australia)|Holy Monastery of St GeorgeEastern Hierarchs]] (GOA, male)*[[Monastery Standing Conference of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia)|Holy Monastery of Gorgoepikoos]] (GOA, female)*[[Monastery of the Holy Cross (Mangrove, Australia)|Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross]] (GOA, female)*[[Skete of St John the Baptist (Kentlyn, Australia)|Skete of St John the Baptist]] (ROCOR, male)*[[Monastery of St John of the Mountain (Forrestfield, Australia)|Holy Monastery of St John of the Mountain]] (GOA, male)*[[Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Kentlyn, Australia)|Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan]] (ROCOR, female)*[[Monastery of Archangel Michael (Marrickville, Australia)|Holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael]] (ROCOR, male)*[[Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Inglewood, Australia)|Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos]] (SOC, female)*[[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove, Australia)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]] (GOA, male)*[[Monastery of St Petroc (South Hobart, Australia)|Holy Monastery of St Petroc]] (ROCOR, male, [[Western Rite|WR]])*[[Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God (Bungarby, Australia)|Holy Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God]] (ROCOR, female)<!--*[[Skete of the Protection of the Theotokos (Tallong, Australia)|Skete of the Protection of the Theotokos]] (SOC, male)-->*[[Monastery of St Sava (Canberra, Australia)|Monastery of St Sava]], Canberra (SOC, male)*[[Monastery of St Sava (Elaine, Australia)|Monastery of St Sava]], Melbourne (SOC, male)*[[Monastery of Holy Transfiguration (Bombala, Australia)|Holy Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration]] (ROCOR, male)

*[[List of parishes bishops in the Australian Capital TerritoryAustralasia|Parishes in the ACT]]*[[List Complete list of parishes bishops in the Northern Territory|Parishes in the Northern TerritoryAustralasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).*[[List of parishes in Queensland|{{Parishes in Queensland]]*[[List of parishes in New Zealand|Parishes in New Zealand]]Australasia and Oceania}}

*[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]