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bishop=[[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Metr. Herman]], administratorn/a|see=Wellingtonn/a|hq=Wellington[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New ZealandYork State, USA]]|territory=formerly Sydney and Brisbane, Australia|

calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|

website=[http://oca.org/CAdioceseAUPDF/DOC-PUB/SB/2006/06.asp?SID=8 Parishes 13oca-australian.parishes.pdf Listing in Australia2006 Sourcebook & Church Directory]

''Some history is provided In 1971, in a split from [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]], a group of Orthodox faithful applied to the Orthodox Church in America for acceptance.  St Nicholas Parish in Bankstown, NSW, was formed in 1959 and worshipped in premises the parishioners built on land leased from NSW Government Railways. In 1971, it was under the rectorship of [[Archimandrite]] [[http://ocaVeniamin (Garshin)]] who had resigned as dean of the ROCOR Cathedral in Sydney and departed from that [[jurisdiction]].org/DIRlistingAt that time they petitioned OCA for their acceptance under the [[omophorion]] of the OCA Metropolitan.asp?SID=9&KEY=Their petition was quickly granted.  A second [[parish]] in Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Church, was formed under the rectorship of Fr. [[Gregory Malisheff]] and, following the example of the Bankstown parish, petitioned the OCAand was also quickly accepted. In 1977, a third group, later named the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, was formed in metropolitan Sydney for the purpose of purchasing and organising another parish, under the rectorship of Fr [[Michael Mersher]]. In November of that year, Mr Verjbitsky contacted the Uniting Church and was offered a surplus Presbyterian church in Homebush. The building was made suitable for Orthodox worship, including an [[iconostasis]], on [[January 26]], 1978. Fr Michael was the [[rector]] from 1978-AU80, Fr [[Theodore Michaluk]] from 1980-HOMSMM OCA Parish Listing 86, Fr Leopold in 1986, and Fr [[Igor Chlabicz]] from 1987. Following the repose of Archimandrite Veniamin in 1994, the Orthodox Church in America was unable to supply a replacement [[priest]] for the Bankstown parish. The parish council of St. Nicholas approached Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]], then Antiochian Orthodox Bishop for Australia and New Zealand, and asked if he was able to supply a [[priest]] who could celebrate in Slavonic. Hieromonk [[Andrew (Vujisic)|Andrija (Zoran Vujisić)]] and, later, Fr [[Nicholas Gan]] assisted on a temporary basis until Fr [[Mitko Machevski]] commenced services at St. Michael Nicholas on [[August 10]], 1996. The parish later formally changed jurisdictions to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. Fr. Mitko was appointed rector of the parish, which continues to use ChurchSlavonic and follow the [[Julian Calendar]''].{{stub}}In Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church found itself without a rector after Fr [[Ian Bojko]] retired in 2005. In 2009, the parish requested permission to enter the ROCOR [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] as an English-language parish; this was accomplished by the mutual consensus of Metropolitans [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah]] and [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]] and the transfer was finalised in May 2009.

==Organisation==The OCA Parishes in Australia is an administrative grouping After the rectorate of two churchesFr.*Holy Annunciation Igor Chlabicz, the Australian Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba, Queensland.*Fraternity of St. Michael was served by Rev. Fr. [[John Vesic]], a priest of the [[Serbian Orthodox Churchin Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. In March 2011, Homebushthe parish received the blessing of Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA to join the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, with Bishop [[Irinej (Dobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej of Sydney]] placing a new antimens in the church on Forgiveness Sunday, 2011. This parish is also designated an English-language parish - at the time of its transfer, the only one in the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New South WalesZealand.

==Other informationCurrent status of parishes==Originally, three parishes were formed out of this split The OCA Parishes in ROCOR: the above two, and Australia is now a third, St Nicholas Orthodox Churchdefunct administrative grouping, Bankstown, New South Wales, led by [[Archimandrite]] Veniamin. However, this church has since moved to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], while continuing to use Church Slavonic in the Liturgy and having existed from 1971 to follow the Julian (Old) Calendar2011.

== The Episcopacy =====Current Episcopacy===* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) final OCA presence in Australia concluded with the repose of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]] of Washington and New York, administrator of the parishes Fr Ian Bojko in AustraliaJan 2013.

===Previous Bishops=Episcopacy ==* His Eminence [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], Archbishop of Montreal and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 19631972-1981.* His Beatitude [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 19721981-2002.* His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 2002-2008.* His Beatitude [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Austraila, 2008-19812011.

* [httphttps://www.ausorthodoxstmichaelshomebush.comorg.au/ St Michael's, Homebush] (previously, Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael] (the church in Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales)* [http://ha-ocawww.faithwebantiochianarch.comorg.au/ Holy Annunciation NSW.aspx#nsw007 Parish listing for Antiochian Orthodox Churchof Saint Nicholas, Bankstown] (the church former parish in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queenslandthis grouping)* [http://www.antiochianholyannunciation.org.aunet Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church]* [http:/content/blogcategorywww.spc.rs/4sr/19/11/ Saint Nicholas Bankstown] (nova_parohija_spc_u_sidneju "New Parish of the church formerly Serbian Orthodox Church in this grouping)Sydney"]