Timeline of Orthodoxy in New Zealand
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Pre-Diocesan Era
- 1902: Church of Greece takes responsibility for Greek parishes in Australia from the Church of Jerusalem.
- 1908: Ecumenical Patriarchate grants jurisdiction of Greek parishes in Australia to the Church of Greece.
Australasian Diocesean Era
- 1924 Mar 7: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand established by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
- Jul 8: Metropolitan Christoforos (Knitis) of Australia and New Zealand arrives.
- 1928: Metropolitan Christoforos (Knitis) leaves for Samos.
- 1931 Sep 18: Timotheos (Evangelinides) elected Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
- 1932 Jul 26: Metropolitan Timotheos (Evangelinides) arrives in Australia.
- 1947 Apr 22: Archimandrite Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) elected Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
- 1948 Nov: Bishop Theodore (Rafalsky) arrives in Australia.
- 1958 Aug 2: Metropolitan Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) killed in car accident in Melbourne.
- 1959 Apr 27: Metropolitan 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 Metropolian Ezekiel becomes Archbishop.
- 1961: St Andrew's Brotherhood set up by Archbishop Ezekiel for the improvement of Archdiocesan services.
- Jan: First Clergy-Laity Congress held in Sydney.
- 1965: Second Clergy-Laity Congress held in Sydney.
- 1969: Metropolitan Iakovos of Philadelphia arrives as Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
New Zealand Metropolis Era
- 1970 Jan: New Zealand seperated from the Greek Orthodox Archdicoese of Australia, and becomes a seperate Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand with jurisdiction over Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea. Dionysios elected Metropolitan of New Zealand.
- 1972 Nov: First Antiochian Orthodox hierarch, Bishop Gibran (Ramlaoui) of Australia and New Zealand, arrives in Australia.
- 1974 Dec 30: First Serbian Orthodox hierarch, Bishop Nikolai (Mrdja), enthroned.
- May: Construction of St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College commences. College prepares to open in 1986.
- 1986 Feb: St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College begins teaching.
Further Reading
- Chryssavgis, Fr M., & Chryssavgis, Fr J., Persons and Events in Orthodoxy: Historical Moments in the development of Orthodox Christianity (with a chapter on Australian Orthodoxy), Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, 1985.
- Institutional Profile of St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College.
- Major events in the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia.
- History of the Holy Orthodox Church: Orthodoxy in Australia
