Orthodox Monasteries of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
Orthodox Monasteries of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
A reference page for Athos Forum, arranged by country, church jurisdiction, and ethnic tradition, with the principal monasteries of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
Oceania possesses a substantial Orthodox monastic tradition centred chiefly in Australia. Greek, Serbian, Russian, Romanian, Antiochian, and other Orthodox jurisdictions have founded monasteries throughout Australia, especially in New South Wales and Victoria. New Zealand contains smaller but active Greek and Russian monasteries, while the islands of the Pacific possess only a few missionary monastic communities.
Orthodox monasteries and convents in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
of the region’s monasteries located in Australia
active women’s monasteries and convents
years of Orthodox monastic history in Oceania
The principal Orthodox monastic centres lie in Sydney, Melbourne, regional New South Wales, Victoria, and, to a lesser extent, New Zealand.
This page follows the same structure established for the other Orthodox countries and regions in this series.
Principal Monasteries of Oceania
- Holy Monastery of Saint George – Yellow Rock, New South Wales, Australia. Principal Greek Orthodox monastery of Australia.
- Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani – Red Hill, Victoria, Australia. Principal Greek Orthodox women’s monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Sava – Elaine, Victoria, Australia. Principal Serbian Orthodox monastery in Oceania.
- Monastery of Saint John the Baptist – New Zealand. Principal Orthodox monastery of New Zealand.
- Monastery of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky – Australia. Principal Romanian Orthodox monastery.
Australia
- Holy Monastery of Saint George – Yellow Rock, New South Wales. The principal Greek Orthodox monastery of Australia.
- Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani – Red Hill, Victoria. Principal Greek Orthodox women’s monastery.
- Holy Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner – New South Wales. Greek Orthodox monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Sava – Elaine, Victoria. Principal Serbian Orthodox monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Petka – Kembla Grange, New South Wales. Serbian Orthodox women’s monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky – Australia. Romanian Orthodox monastery.
- Monastery of the Archangel Michael – Tasmania. Russian Orthodox monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great – Australia. Antiochian Orthodox monastery.
New Zealand
- Monastery of Saint John the Baptist – New Zealand. Principal Orthodox monastery of New Zealand.
- Convent of Saint Paraskeva – New Zealand. Principal women’s Orthodox monastery.
- Monastic House of Saint Silouan – New Zealand. Russian Orthodox monastic residence.
- Monastic Community of the Holy Archangels – New Zealand. Greek Orthodox monastic community.
Pacific Islands
- Monastic House of Saint Nicholas – Fiji. Orthodox missionary monastic residence.
- Monastic Community of Saint Herman of Alaska – Papua New Guinea. Orthodox missionary monastery.
- Monastic House of Saint George – Samoa. Small Orthodox monastic community.
Orthodox Jurisdictions and Ethnic Traditions
- Greek Orthodox – The largest Orthodox monastic presence in Australia and New Zealand.
- Serbian Orthodox – Important monasteries in New South Wales and Victoria.
- Russian Orthodox and ROCOR – Monasteries in Australia and New Zealand.
- Romanian Orthodox – Smaller but important monastic communities in Australia.
- Antiochian Orthodox – Monasteries associated with Arab Orthodox communities.
Female Monasteries and Convents of Special Importance
- Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani – Victoria, Australia. Principal women’s monastery of Oceania.
- Monastery of Saint Petka – New South Wales, Australia. Principal Serbian women’s monastery.
- Convent of Saint Paraskeva – New Zealand. Principal women’s monastery of New Zealand.
- Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene – Australia. Orthodox women’s monastery.
Observations
- Australia possesses the largest and most developed Orthodox monastic tradition in Oceania.
- Greek Orthodox monasteries account for the majority of monastic institutions in the region.
- Serbian, Russian, Romanian, and Antiochian communities preserve their own monastic traditions in Australia.
- New Zealand possesses a smaller but active Orthodox monastic presence.
- The Pacific islands contain only a few missionary monastic houses.



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