The Orthodox Episcopal Assembly of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania ( Eng. Episcopal Assembly of All Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania ) is the coordinating body of Orthodox bishops representing the Orthodox Church in Australia , New Zealand and Oceania .
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Members
- Constantinople Orthodox Church
- Archbishop Stilian (Harkianakis) ( Australian Archdiocese ) - Chairman ;
- Metropolitan Amphilochius (Tsukos) ( Metropolitan of New Zealand )
- Bishop Ezekiel of Dervia (Kefalas) ( Australian Archdiocese , Vicar)
- Bishop of Appolonius Seraphim (Ginis) ( Australian Archdiocese , Vicar)
- Bishop of Dorilean Nikander (Palivos) ( Australian Archdiocese , Vicar)
- Bishop Jacob of Miletupole (Tsigunis) ( Australian Archdiocese , Vicar)
- Antioch Orthodox Church
- Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and Philippine Pavel (Saliba)
- Russian Orthodox Church
Since September 2018, the Moscow Patriarchate unilaterally ceased its participation in the conference [1] .
- Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York (Corporal) ( Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia , Higher )
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Bishop of Australia and New Zealand Iriney (Dobrievich) ( Serbian Patriarchate )
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Bishop of Australia and New Zealand Michael (Philemon)
History
The Episcopal Assembly of the canonical bishops of Oceania was formed in 2010 at the first meeting, held October 16-18, 2010 [2]
On 16-17 October 2011, at the second meeting of the Assembly in Sydney, the bishops of the conference adopted a joint communiqué [3] .
On April 28, 2014, the fourth meeting of the Assembly of Bishops of Oceania [4] was held in Sydney under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of Australian Stylian (Harkianakis) .
In 2015, the website http://www.orthodox.net.au/ was launched in several languages, devoted to Orthodoxy in Australia. The site contains a list of all Orthodox parishes and monasteries in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji [5] .
Notes
- ↑ The ROC ceases to participate in the structures chaired by the Constantinople Patriarchate . echo.msk.ru. Echo of Moscow (September 14, 2018). The appeal date is February 8, 2019.
- ↑ Episcopal Assembly of all canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania and Asia Archival copy of September 30, 2011 on Wayback Machine (eng.)
- Ique Communique of the Second Episcopal Assembly of All Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania (Eng.)
- ↑ Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York Hilarion took part in the fourth Assembly of canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania
- ↑ Communiqué - The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania | Australian and New Zealand Diocese (ROCOR)
Links
- Communique 2010 (eng.)
- Communique of the year 2011
- Communique 2014 (English)