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==Pre-Diocesan Era==
*1810 First known Orthodox (Russian) permanent resident arrives in Australia. Wife of a British Military officer freshly arrived from the Peninsular War.
*1820 April: First Orthodox service in Australia. Held at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) by Fr Dionisii, a Russian Orthodox chaplain on the ''Vostok''.
*1868: Fr Christoforos Arsenios settles at Clermont in Central Queensland. No record exists of any services conducted.
*1896: [[Archimandrite]] [[Dorotheos (Bakaliaros)]] is first resident priest who functions as such. Conducts services in Melbourne and Sydney
*1897: Joint Greek and Syrian Orthodox communities in Sydney (New South Wales) and Melbourne (Victoria) become established.
*1898 May 29: Foundation stone laid in Sydney of the first Greek Orthodox Church in Australia. Dedicated to Holy Trinity.
::::The [[Church of Jerusalem]] appoints Fr Seraphim Phocas to Sydney and Fr Athanasios Kantopoulos to Melbourne.
