Orthodox Church in America Parishes in Australia

A parish was formed in Bankstown, NSW, in 1971, under the rectorship of Archimandrite Veniamin (Garshin) and under the patronage of St. Nicholas.

In 1977, a third grouping, later named the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, was formed in Sydney for the purpose of purchasing and organizing another parish, under the rectorship of Fr.

Veniamin's death in 1994, the Orthodox Church in America was unable to supply a replacement priest for the Bankstown parish.

The parish council of St. Nicholas approached the Antiochian Orthodox Bishop Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand and asked if he was able to supply a priest who could celebrate in Slavonic.

The parish later formally changed jurisdictions to the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.

Holy Annunciation Church in Brisbane had a succession of rectors and interim priests, including Igumen Dimitry Obukhoff until 1982, Fr.