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Book SynopsisThe history of the Russian Orthodox Church in Australia is diligently chronicled within the wider context of the place of Russians in the dominantly anglophone society of what was at first a British colony and then an independent state. It begins with the first contact of Russian naval ships with the Australian continent in the early nineteenth century and progresses through to the establishment of the first parish of Orthodox believers in Melbourne in the 1890s and ultimately the creation of a diocese. The catalyst for this was the arrival of thousands of Russians fleeing their homeland via Siberia after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. For these disposed refugees Australia was a haven of safety and the Russian Orthodox Church a symbol of the Motherland they had lost. They were later joined by successive waves of fellow Russian after World War II and then the fall of communism in 1991. Together they created a unified organism, retained a sense of heritage and purpose and taking their rightful place in Australia's multi-cultural society.
In writing this work the author has drawn on extensive archival sources spread over several continents together with his own life experience, having arrived as a small boy in Australia over six decades ago. First published in 2006 this new edition includes an added chapter recounting the ongoing story from the beginning of the twenty-first century through 2020.
Table of ContentsFOREWORD INTRODUCTION 1 A RUSSIAN PRESENCE 2 REVOLUTION 3 BRISBANE 4 SYDNEY 5 MELBOURNE 6 ECCLESIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 7 ARCHBISHOP THEODORE RAFALSKY 8 ARCHBISHOP SAVA RAEVSKY 9 ARCHBISHOP ATHANASY MARTOS 10 ARCHBISHOP THEODOSY PUTILIN 11 RUSSIAN MONASTICISM IN AUSTRALIA 12 ARCHBISHOP PAUL PAVLOV 13 BISHOP DANIEL ALEXANDROV 14 ARCHBISHOP HILARION KAPRAL 15 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FUTURE 16 A POSITIVE DIRECTION NOTES APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY ARCHIVAL SOURCES INDEX
