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Orthodoxy in Australia

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With an irregular status: align with Orthodoxy in Australasia article.
==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]]
*[[Serbian Orthodox Church - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]].
*[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] - [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of 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 diocese also administers the patriarchal diocese.)
*[[Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand
]]; with nine parishes in Australia and 3 in New Zealand.
===Without Local Bishop===
*[[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 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 , 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 diocese is headed 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 Bishop Paul auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Christianoupolis, and centred mostly Neon Patron). This entity is not in South Australiacommunion with any of the 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. ===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)
*His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).
*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]].
**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney]].
**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]] and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]].
===Other major figures===
*[[Archbishop]] [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]] - Archbishop Anthony was ROCOR , formerly bishop of Melbourne and Vicar of in the 1950s-1960s.*Archbishop [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand Gabriel (ROCORChemodakov)|Diocese of Australia and New ZealandMontreal]] in the 1950s , former Bishop of Brisbane and 1960s. He was a much beloved archpastor who passed away in 2000first 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 [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas]], 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 [[Nicholas (Manovitch)]], first priest in New Zealand.*Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], former Vicar-General of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], 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.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], first exarch in Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].
*Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|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 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]], includes 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).
(''Only major figures with articles are listed'')
==External links==
*[http://www.antiochianantiochianarch.org.au / Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada , and Australia](Official Website)*[http://homewww.itgreekorthodox.comorg.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia](Official Website)*:*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia]*[http://www.ocaroeanz.org/CAdioceseAUcom.asp?SID=8 Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia]*[http:au//www.crez.org Romanian Churches in Orthodox Episcopate of Australiaand New Zealand] (unofficial siteOfficial Website)*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (in SerbianOfficial 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 (''nbPDF)*[http://researchonline.nd.edu. 2au/cgi/viewcontent.1Mb cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF file'')
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