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The '''Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia''' is the name applied to the [[church]]es who, [[ROCOR and OCA#1970: Autocephaly for the OCA|in 1971]], left [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]] and asked to be taken under the [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]'s protection. It is administered directly by the Metropolitan of the OCA, and currently has two churches one church in Australia.
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== History ==
In 1977 a third group, later named the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, was formed in 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 1978-80, Fr [[Theodore Michaluk]] from 1980-86, Fr Leopold in 1986, and Fr [[Igor Chlabicz]] from 1987 to the present.
Following the repose of Archim. Veniamin in 1994, the Orthodox Church in America was unable to supply a replacement [[priest]] for the Bankstown parish. The parish council of Saint Nicholas approached the Antiochian Orthodox 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 [[Andrija (Vujisic)|Andrija (ZoranVujisić) Vujisić]] and later Fr [[Nicholas Gan]] assisted on a temporary basis until Fr [[Mitko Machevski]] was appointed and commenced services at St Nicholas on 10 August 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 Church Slavonic and follow the [[Julian Calendar]].
In 2009, after a number of five years without services, Holy Annunciation Church, Brisbane, requested permission to return transfer to ROCOR. As 's Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, which was received in May 2009, this request is in the process of being formalised, with a blessing having been given to a ROCOR priest to officiate English-language services until the parish is formally under ROCOR. [http://occg.info/forum/index.php?topic=27.msg65]
==Organisation==
The OCA Parishes in Australia is an administrative grouping of two churchesone church.
*St. Michael Orthodox Church, Homebush, New South Wales.
== The Episcopacy ==
===Current Episcopacy===
*Administrator: Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah of Washington and New York]].
===Previous Bishops===
== External links ==
* [http://oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Website of the Parishes in Australia] (on the OCA website)
* [http://www.antiochian.org.au/SaintNicholasBankstown/ Saint Nicholas Bankstown] (the former parish in this grouping)* [http://www.roq.org.au/ROQ/Holy_Annunciation.html Holy Annunciation Church] (former parish in this grouping)
[[Category:Jurisdictions|Australia]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]
