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==Australasian Diocesean Era==
*1924 Mar 7: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand established by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
::Jul 8: Greek Orthodox Metropolitan [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis)]] of Australia and New Zealand arrives.
*1925: First Russian church acquired in Brisbane. Was dedicated to St Nicholas.
*1928: Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Christoforos (Knitis) exiled to Samos.*1931 Sep 18: [[Timotheos (Evangelinides) of Rhodes|Timotheos (Evangelinides)]] elected Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
*1932 Jul 26: Metropolitan Timotheos (Evangelinides) arrives in Australia.
*1934 May 15: Antiochian Orthodox Exarch Father Nicholas Shehadie passes away from asthma. Funeral at St George Redfern is presided over by Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Timotheos. *1935 Father Nicholas' son Michael is ordained deacon then priest on behalf of the Patriarch of Antioch by Metropolitan Timotheos. *1930s First Russian Orthodox priest in Sydney, Father Methodious, resides with Antiochian Orthodox family of Anis and Aman Birbara. Until the purchase of a house in Moore Park, and its conversion into a church, Archimandrite Methodious held all his Sydney services at the Antiochian Orthodox church of St George Redfern. *1947 Apr 22: Archimandrite [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand|Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos)]] elected Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
*1948 Nov: [[Bishop]] [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]] arrives in Australia.
:::First Ukrainian Orthodox services held in Canberra by Fr A. Theodorovych.
*1950: First Bulgarian Orthodox parish in Melbourne.
*1952: First Estonian parish established by Fr D. Juurma.
*1955/56: Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava]] becomes Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR). He studied theology in Russia before World War I with Sydney's Antiochian Orthodox priest Fr Michael Shehadie.
*1958 Aug 2: Metropolitan Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) killed in car accident in Melbourne.
*1959 Apr 27: Greek Orthodox Metropolitan [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel (Tsoukalas)]] of Australia and New Zealand arrives in Australia.
::Sep 1: The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand becomes the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand, and Metropolitan Ezekiel becomes Archbishop.
*1961: St Andrew's Brotherhood set up by Archbishop Ezekiel for the improvement of Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan services.::Jan: First Greek Orthodox Clergy-Laity Congress held in Sydney.::Jun 19: Land purchased for Greek Orthodox St George Monastery, Springwood.*1965: Second Greek Orthodox Clergy-Laity Congress held in Sydney.
*1969: Antiochian Orthodox Eparchy of Australasia established by the Holy Synod of Antioch.
::Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Iakovos of Philadelphia arrives as [[Exarch]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
==Australian Archdiocesan Era==
