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The History of the Russian Church in Australia

From Siberia to Sydney

By: Michael A. Protopopov

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The History of the Russian Church in Australia

From Siberia to Sydney

By: Michael A. Protopopov

In the pages of this book the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in Australia is diligently chronicled within the wider context of the place of ethnic Russians in a dominantly anglophone society: that of what was at first a British colony and later became 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, the establishment of further churches, and ultimately the creation of a diocese. The catalyst for much of this was the arrival of thousands of Russians fleeing their homeland via Siberia after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. For these newly dispossessed, Australia and New Zealand became havens of safety and the Russian Orthodox Church an echo of the Motherland they had lost. They were later joined by successive waves of fellow Russians after the end of World War II in 1945 and again after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Together these refugees and their descendants created a unified organism that retained a sense of shared heritage and purpose, and in turn provided a home to spiritual seekers who were not of their ethnic lineage.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 to the end of 2020, covering the effects on the Church in Australia of major world events as diverse as the reunification of the Russian Church Abroad with the Patriarchate of Moscow in 2007 and the global coronavirus pandemic that arrived in Australia in 2020.

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From Siberia to Sydney

By: Michael A. Protopopov

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A Russian Presence

A History of the Russian Orthodox Church in Australia

By: Michael Protopopov

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A Russian Presence

A History of the Russian Orthodox Church in Australia

By: Michael Protopopov

Presents the history of the establishment and growth of the Russian Orthodox community in Australia and New Zealand. This work chronicles the Russian presence in Australia from the arrival in Australian waters of the first Russian Antarctic explorers in 1807.

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Gorgias PressLlc

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1593333218

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The History of the Russian Church in Australia

The History of the Russian Church in Australia

The History of the Russian Church in Australia

The History of the Russian Church in Australia

A Russian Presence

A Russian Presence

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