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Parishes in Australia (OCA)

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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 OCA and was also quickly accepted.
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 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 (Zoran 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 five years without services, Holy Annunciation Church, Brisbane, requested permission to transfer to ROCOR's Diocese of Australia and New Zealandand, by mutual consensus of Metropolitans Jonah and Hilarion, which was received in May 2009.
After the rectorate of Fr Igor Chlabicz, the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael was served by Rev. Fr [[John Vesic]], a priest of the [[Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. ==OrganisationCurrent status of parishes==
The OCA Parishes in Australia is an administrative grouping of one church.
*St. Michael Orthodox Church, Homebush, New South Wales, served by Fr John Vesic (a Serbian Orthodox priest). The following parishes, who originally formed the grouping, moved to:*St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown, New South Wales; now in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.*Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba, Queensland; now in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.
== The Episcopacy ==
===Current Episcopacy===
*Administrator: Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah of Washington and New York]], 2008-present.
===Previous Bishops===
* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]] of Washington and New York, administrator of the parishes in Australia, 2002-2008.* Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] of Washington, administrator of the parishes in Australia, 1981-2002.
* [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, 1963-1981, administrator of the parishes in Australia, 1972-1981.
== External links ==
* [http://oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Website of the Parishes in Australia] (on the OCA website)
* [http://www.antiochiansmh.org.auSt Michael's, Homebush] (Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael)* [http:/SaintNicholasBankstown/ www.antiochianarch.org.au/NSW.aspx#nsw007 Parish listing for Antiochian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas , Bankstown] (former parish in this grouping)* [http://www.roq.org.au/ROQ/Holy_Annunciationholyannunciation.html net Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church] (former parish in this grouping)
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