Greek Orthodox Churches in South Australia and the Northern Territory explained

List of all Greek Orthodox parishes and monasteries in the Australian state of South Australia (SA) and the Northern Territory (NT).^[1]

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

The majority of Greek Orthodox church communities in South Australia and the Northern Territory are under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. Until 2024, all jurisdictions within Australia were under an Archdiocesan district with an auxiliary Bishop appointed to represent the Archbishop in the city with South Australia and the Northern Territory were under the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide with an assistant Bishop based in Adelaide. In 2024, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced the establishment of six dioceses within Australia, including the diocese of Adelaide. Each diocese would be appointed with a Regional Bishop (Chorepiskopos)^[2] . Since this announcement in 2024, Bishop Silouan has been the Regional Bishop of Adelaide which includes the whole of South Australia and the Northern Territory. Previously, Bishop Silouan (titled Bishop of Sinope) was the auxiliary Bishop responsible for the District of Adelaide, having been appointed Archdiocesan Vicar in October 2019, elected as a bishop by the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in November 2019 and consecrated as Bishop of Sinope by Archbishop Makarios on January 19, 2020, at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Sydney.^[3]

The central offices of the District are based at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Bowden having been formerly based at the Parish of St. Panteleimon in Glenelg North.

List of Bishops responsible for the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide
(1975 – 2024)

Bishop	Years
	1975 – 1979
	1980 – 1984
Paul of Christianoupolis	1984 – 1989
Joseph of Arianzos	1990 – 2000
Seraphim of Christianoupolis	2001 – 2002
Nikandros of Dorylaion	2002 – 2019
Silouan of Sinope	2020 – 2024

Parishes and Monasteries in South Australia and the Northern Territory

Archdiocesan Parishes located in Metropolitan Adelaide

Name	Year Founded	Suburb	Street Address	Comment
Parish of Sts Raphael, Nicholaos & Irene	1995		232 Gorge Road	New Church building was opened in 2019[4]
Cathedral of St. Sophia	2022		100 Drayton Street	Officially opened as Archdiocesan Cathedral by Archbishop Makarios on 27, November 2022[5]
Parish of St. Andrew	1986		Cnr Beach & Morton Roads
Holy Monastery of St. Nektarios	1973		81-93 Regency Road
Parish of St. Panteleimon	1981		533 Anzac Hwy	Originally built as a private Chapel for the local Bishop but soon opened for public services. Due expansion of the Parish, a larger site was purchased in 2023 with St. Panteleimon to be converted into an English speaking parish.[6]
Parish of Holy Cross	2023		18 Fulton Street	Opened 19 November 2023
Parish of St. Sophrony	2023		14 North Street	Opened 15, January 2023 as a fully English speaking Parish[7]
Parish of Prophet Elias	1959		87 Beulah Road
Parish of the Nativity of Christ	1960		5-7 Church Street
Parish of St. Anthony	1967		65-67 Milner Street
Parish of St. Demetrios	1981		27 Saints Road
Parish of St. George	1959		60 Rose Street
Parish of St. Spyridon	1959		50 Oxford Terrace

Archdiocesan Parishes located in Regional South Australia

Name	Year Founded	Suburb	Street Address	Comment
Parish of The Dormition of our Lady			1324, B201	One service a fortnight at either Berri or Berri North with Major Feast Days rotating between two Parishes and Renmark
Parish of St. Demetrios	1967		35 Zante Road
Parish of St. Nicholas			St. Nicholas Street
Parish of St. John			44 Trent Road
Parish of St. George	1924		41 Florence Street	First Greek Orthodox Parish in South Australia. [8] The current building was opened in 1960.Services are now held monthly as well as on major Feast Days
Parish of Sts. Constantine and Helen	1969		21 Renmark Avenue	Services held fortnightly as well as major Feast Days, rotating with Berri/Berri North
Parish of St. Nicholas			3 Kent Street
Parish of St. Nicholas	2013		7 Elizabeth Street	Services held monthly
Parish of Sts. Constantine and Helen	<1976		45 Gowrie Avenue

Archdiocesan Parishes located in the Northern Territory

Name	Year Founded	Suburb	Street Address	Notes
Parish of St. Nicholas	1953		92 Cavenagh Street
Parish of St Savvas of Kalymnos	2023		4 Maluka Drive	Temporary location until a permanent Church is built

See also

• Archbishop Makarios of Australia
• Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia
• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Greek Australians
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
• Greek Orthodox Churches in NSW
• South Australia
• Northern Territory

Notes and References

1. Web site: Churches.
2. Web site: VEMA . 2024-07-18 . Phanar: Decisions from the Holy and Sacred Synod regarding the Holy Archdiocese of Australia . 2024-11-04 . Vema.com.au . en-AU.
3. Web site: Ordination of Bishop Silouan of Sinope . St Andrews Greek Orthodox Theological College . 2020-01-19.
4. Web site: Kampouris . Nick . 2019-03-19 . "Jewel" of a New Greek Orthodox Church Opens in Athelstone, Adelaide . 2023-05-08 . Greek Reporter.
5. Web site: Official opening of the new Archdiocesan Cathedral in Adelaide: The Archbishop stressed, "I want to link this Church with Constantinople" . Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia . 2023-05-08.
6. Web site: VEMA . 2023-10-12 . Inaugural fundraiser for the new parish of Holy Cross, Glenelg North, Adelaide . 2023-11-21 . Vema.com.au . en-AU.
7. Web site: 2023-01-06 . Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia opens new English-speaking parish in Adelaide . 2023-05-08 . Neos Kosmos.
8. Web site: Vourdoumpa . Argyro . 2023-01-13 . Greeks of Port Pirie on mission to document community's history ahead of centenary anniversary . 2023-05-16 . Greek Herald . en-AU.