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==Jurisdictions==
===With Local Bishop===
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] - [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]
*[[Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]].
===Without Local Bishop===
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with parishes in Sydney and Melbourne.
*[[Church Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of Polandthe USA, Canada and Australia|Polish Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox ChurchDiocese]] of the USA, Canada and [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at . There is one parish in [http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [Timeline of Orthodoxy http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in Australia|1971 schism[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide]] in ROCOR.*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in AmericaAustralia and New Zealand]] - [[Parishes (under Constantinople), with 11 parishes and missions in Australia Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]]; with addition to one parish in SydneyAuckland, New Zealand).
===With an irregular status===
*[[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.
*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australiawith the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA); this diocese metropolis is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese It is headed by Archbishop Auxentius of Athens (assisted by Auxiliary Bishop Paul Christodoulos of Christianoupolis, New Patra and centred mostly in South AustraliaFr [[George Athanasiadis]]).*[[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 was headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes. ===Previously in Australia===*[[Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]].*[[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Polish Orthodox Church in Australia]].*[[Church of Jerusalem]].
==People==
===Current Hierarchs===
*His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, Victoria]].**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney, NSW]].**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide, SA]], [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin, NT]], and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth, WA]].**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Miletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, Victoria]].*His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan, and First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]].
*His Grace [[Irinej_(Dobrijevic)_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand|Irinej]], 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===
*[[Archbishop]] [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]], formerly bishop of Melbourne in the 1950s-1960s.
*Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal]], former Bishop of Brisbane and first Australian-born bishop.
*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] to [[Madagascar]], and first bishop thereof.
*Bishop [[Gabriel John (ChemodakovBērziņš) of MontrealCaracas]], former Bishop of Brisbane and first second Australian-born bishop.
*[[Archimandrite]] [[Antonious (Mobayed)]], exarch of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, then first parish priest and exarch in Melbourne, Australia.
*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]], current founding [[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]], then vice-dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal School in Kenya and now missionary in head of the [[Diocese of Sierra Leone]].
*V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Shehadie]], second exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney.
*V. Rev. Protopresbyter [[Mitko Machevski]], parish priest of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown.
*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 Monk [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.
*Other [[Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], including three exarchs (Frs Malatius Hussney, Anthony Woolf and Nicolas Mansour), Fr Stephen Godley (co-author of ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia'', Fr Nicholas Manovitch (first priest in New Zealand, served in Queensland) and two other parish priests (Frs John Shehadie and Malatius (Essam) Hussney).
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*[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia] (Official Website)
*[http://www.roeanz.com.au/ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)
*[http://www.antiochiansoc.org.au Antiochian Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand]*[http://home.it.com.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Church in Australia]*[http://www.crez.org Romanian Orthodox Churches in Australia](Official Website)*[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia: The History of a Church told from recently opened archives and previously unpublished sources], by Fr. Michael Protopopov (''nb. 2.1Mb PDF file'')*[http://soc-wusresearchonline.nd.edu.orgau/ourchurchcgi/Pat_V_Australiaviewcontent.htm Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Vicariate of cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia and New Zealand], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF)
