Each of these organisations and schools have been built by donations of the faithful and by contributions by the Australian government. The Archdiocese has numerous successful organisations under its wings. The largest male monastery is the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa on the Central Coast of New South Wales, and the largest female monastery is the Holy Monastery of Gorgoepikoos in Geelong, Victoria. The Archdiocese also includes 6 monasteries. To assist the archbishop, he has a number of assistant bishops - currently four - overseeing the !118 parishes, communities and monasteries across Australia. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is treated as one single archdiocese with five archdiocesan districts: New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory Victoria and Tasmania South Australia and the Northern Territory Queensland and New Guinea and Western Australia.
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia This article forms part of the series Bishop Iakovos is the first Australian-born bishop to serve in Australia, and in the Archdiocese, and the first graduate of St Andrew's Theological College to be made a bishop. See belowĪrchimandrite Iakovos (Tsigounis) was elected to be an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Australia, with the title of Bishop of Militoupoleos. Andrew's Orthodox Press published their first book, The Divine Liturgy of Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom, a bilingual text. The first new parish for many years, St Therapon in Warhoonga, northern Sydney, began services in February 2006. In 2001, Fr Nikandros (Palyvos) was consecrated to the episcopacy, as titular bishop of Dorileou. In 1991, Fr Seraphim was consecrated to the episcopacy, as titular bishop of Apollonias. In 1982, the Archdiocese founded St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney, with Archbishop Stylianos as the first dean. In 1979, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia was a founding member of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia, with its archbishop being made permanent chairman of SCCOCA. In 1977, Fr Ezekiel was consecrated to the episcopacy, becoming the titular bishop of Dervis. In 1974 Abp Ezekiel was promoted to the Metropolis of Pisidia, and the current Archbishop, Stylianos (Harkianakis), was elected on 13 February 1974 and enthroned on 26 April, 1975. In 1970, due to the growing size and needs of the Archdiocese, Australia and New Zealand were split into the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand. In 1959, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand was elevated to Archdiocese, and Metropolitan Ezekiel elevated to Archbishop with it. In 1924, the parishes - by now, Greek in character as well as in name - were formed into a metropolis under the Church of Constantinople. History For more detailed history before 1974, See Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.īefore 1908, there were two multi-ethnic parishes in Australia, under the omophorion of the Church of Jerusalem but, in 1908, jurisdiction over Australia was transferred to the newly-recognised Church of Greece. 4.3 Auxiliary Bishops formerly in Australia.