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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand

Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand
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Saint Sava Church, Adelaide
Location
Territory Australia and New Zealand
Headquarters Sydney
Statistics
Population
- Total

150,000 + est.
Information
Denomination Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church Serbian Orthodox Church
Established 1964
Language Church Slavonic
Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop Siluan Mrakić
Map
Map of Eparchies of Serbian Orthodox Church (including Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric)-en.svg
Website
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The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian: Српска православна епархија аустралијско-новозеландска) is an Eastern Orthodox diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with jurisdiction over Australia and New Zealand. Since 2011, it has a honorary rank of Metropolitanate. Its headquarters are in Renwick Street, Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Bishop Siluan (Mrakić) of Australia and New Zealand was enthroned on 22 October 2016 at the St. George Historic Cathedral in Cabramatta at the hands of His Grace Longin (Krčo) of the Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America.

The Metropolitanate has 51 parishes and monasteries in Australia in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia and in New Zealand.

There is a growing monastic presence in the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand.

(Considered schismatic by the Serbian Orthodox Church until reconciliation in 1991-1992)

(Between 1999 and 2006, the bishop of the New Gracanica Diocese administered the Patriarchal Diocese)

Unique underground Serbian Orthodox Church in Coober Pedy


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