St. Spyridon Parish of South East Sydney
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St. Spyridon is the Greek Orthodox precense in the area of South East Sydney. It functions through the authority of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
, which derives its jurisdiction from the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The parish
has the vital responsibility
for being the founder and having executive authority over St Spyridon College
.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is the Australian archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Church, part of the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.- Archbishop of Australia...
, which derives its jurisdiction from the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
has the vital responsibility
Responsibility
Responsibility may refer to:* Collective responsibility** Cabinet collective responsibility, a constitutional Convention in Governments using the Westminster System* Corporate responsibility** Corporate social responsibility...
for being the founder and having executive authority over St Spyridon College
St Spyridon College
St Spyridon College is an independent, co-educational situated in Sydney, New South Wales Australia for students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school is mainly monocultural and its students are mainly Greek Australians, who come from a Greek Orthodox heritage.The cultural college was founded in...
.