From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, the first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's its first [[bishop]] parishes in 1924the late 1890s, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.

==Canonical Jurisdictions==

*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand]] (under Constantinople), with 11 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).

''Note: All of the below entities are not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Entities are, where possible, sorted by size.''*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], .*[[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] - [[Parishes in Australia (Kallinikos)]]: The current ''locum tenens'' of this entity is not in full communion with any Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the mainstream 'Free Serbian Orthodox Churches, and Church'). This number includes is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Australia and New ZealandDemetrias.*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with and 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 Russian True Orthodox Metropolis Church]] - [[Diocese of Australia & Oceania (Serapheimite)]]: Originally Four parishes who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of in Australia, headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (Pasechnik)|Tikhon]]. This entity currently contains the 6 Australian * [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes (and 2 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) who are under the omophorion of Abp Serafeim of Athens (assisted one monastic community, headed by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron, and vicar-general Fr [[George AthanasiadisAgafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]]. This entity *[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese for Australia & New Zealand]]: Two parishes are in this group, which is not in communion affiliated with any of the mainstream [[True Orthodox ChurchesChurch in America]] (headed by [[Nicholas (Iuhoş)]]).*[[Holy Synod in ResistanceRussian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church)]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales Australia (CyprianiteROCA - Diaspora District)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This entity, includes two parishes under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Previously headed by His Eminence Archbishop [[Chrysostomos Andronik (AlemangosKotliaroff) of Sydney|ChrysostomosAndronik]], Bishop .*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]]: part of Sydney and New South Wales & Exarch of Australia, the current locum tenens is Bp Ambrose of MethoneUAOC-Abroad (Lavrentios Synod), and consists of four parishes and one monasterywith two bishops in Australia. [http://www. This diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churchesuaoc-abroad.org]

*His Eminence [[Stylianos Makarios (HarkianakisGrizienakis) of Australia|StylianosMakarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes Makarios in Victoria|(Melbourne, Victoria]]Vicariate).**His Grace [[Seraphim Iakovos (GinisTsigounis) of ApolloniasMiletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney, NSW]]Queensland.**His Grace [[Nikandros Aimilianos (PalyvosKoutouzis) of DorileouMeloa]], [[auxiliary bishop ]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Makarios and Vicar-General.**His Grace [[List Elpidios (Keralas) of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide, SAKyanea]], [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin, NTauxiliary bishop]], and to Archbishop Makarios for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth, WA]].**His Grace [[Iakovos Silouan (TsigounisFotineas) of MiletoupolisSinope]], [[auxiliary bishop ]] to Archbishop Stylianos in Makarios for South Australia and Northern Territory.**His Eminence [[List Seraphim (Ginis) of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, VictoriaSebasteia]], metropolitan.*His Eminence [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines|PaulBasilios]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).

**His Grace [[Irinej_George (DobrijevicSchaefer)_of_Australia_and_New_Zealandof Canberra|IrinejGeorge]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Siluan]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).

*V. Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea(2000-2019), [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].*Hmk. Igumen [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].*Hmk. Igumen [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.

*[http://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia] (Official Website)*[http://www.orthodox.net.au/en/orthodox-australia List and map of all Orthodox Parishes in Australia]*[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 ]] (PDF)