{{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==*[[Timeline Previously, this article was a clearinghouse of Orthodoxy in Australia]]*[[Timeline of Orthodoxy in New Zealand]] ==People=====Current Hierarchs===*Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney]], Australia information and links regarding the history and New Zealand (ROCOR [[Archbishop]] state of Australia and New Zealand)*Metropolitan [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand]] (Greek Orthodox [[MetropolitanChristianity]] of New Zealand)*Bishop Milutin of in Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia ; however, this article is now focused on Orthodoxy and New Zealand)*Metropolitan [[Paul (Saliba) of any things that affect both Australia and New Zealand]] (Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Australia , and 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 on any information on Orthodoxy in AdelaideOceania.

===Other major figures=Sub-series==*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], Greek-Australian [[missionary]] to Madagascar, and first bishop thereof.*[[Archimandrite]] [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], formerly lecturer at [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]]; currently assistant dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School 'Archbishop Macarius III' Orthodoxy in Nairobi.*Archimandrite [[Stefanos (Pantanassiotis)]], [[Abbot]] of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove, Australia)|Monastery of Pantanassa]]*Mother Kallistheni, [[Abbess]] of the [[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Australia)|Monastery of GorgoepikoosOrthodoxy in New Zealand]]

===Previous Bishops=History==*Metropolitan [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis) Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], GOA. 1924-1929.*Metropolitan The forerunner to the present Greek Orthodox structures in [[Timotheos (Evangelinidis) Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of RhodesAustralia|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) Greek Orthodox Metropolis 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) History of New ZealandAntiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]], GOA. 1970-2003.

==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]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Australia]]. There is one parish in [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].*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with a single one parisheach in Sydney and Melbourne.*[https://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church of Ukraine - Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate']: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate|Orthodox Church of Ukraine]], with 5 parishes in Sydney, "Holy Trinity 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 Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in Constantinople by the Ecumenical Patriarch.*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church"in Australia and New Zealand]] (under Constantinople), with 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand). ===Oriental Orthodox jurisdictions==={{oriental}}*[[Church of India|Indian Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Parishes in Australia]]; with two parishes one [[parish]] each in Sydney , Melbourne and one parish Auckland. ===With an irregular status===*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this is not in Brisbanefull communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches, and is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of RomaniaAmerica and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia 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. ==People=====Current Hierarchs===*His Eminence [[Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia|Romanian Makarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox Church).**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 [[Romanian Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox Church ).*His 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 [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|in Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron]], Metropolitan of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox).*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej]]; with five parishes in , Bishop of Australia and one in New Zealand(Serbian Orthodox).

*[[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches of Australia]] (SCCOCA)*[[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]]*[[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies]] ==Monasteries=Pan-Jurisdictional===*[[Monastery of St Anna (Preston, Australia)|Holy Monastery of St Anna]] (AOCA, female)*[[Monastery of St George (Winmalee, Australia)|Holy Monastery Episcopal Assembly of St GeorgeOceania]] (GOA, male)*[[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Australia)|Holy Monastery of GorgoepikoosEastern Hierarchs]] (GOA, female)*[[Monastery Standing Conference 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)*[[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)*[[Monastery of St Sava (Canberra, Canonical Orthodox Churches in 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 QueenslandAustralasia|Parishes in Queensland]]*[[List Complete list of parishes bishops in New Zealand|Parishes in New ZealandAustralasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).*[[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|{{Parishes in the Northern Territory]]*[[List of parishes in the Australian Capital Territory|Parishes in the ACT]]Australasia and Oceania}}

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