The Australian counterpart to the USA thread in this forum.
I have noticed that Australian churches don't seem as architecturally appealing as the North American ones.
From Sydney:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/145340990_741618cd4e_o.jpg

Ill get some from my local church next time I'm there.

Thanks for the pic Giorgio, but your assessment that "North American" cities don't have a lot of Greek Orthodox Churches, is false (especially for the ones where the number of the Greek diaspora is significant).

In the city of Toronto alone, we have 15 churches. If you add the surrounding siburbs and other municiplaities, we have well over 30:

All Saints
3125 Bayview Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M2K 1G2
Tel: (416) 221-4611
Fax: (416) 221-6526
E-mail: info@all-saints.ca

Website: www.all-saints.ca

(Serviced by: Rev. Fr. Charalambos Elles)


Sts. Anargyroi Chapel
Hellenic Home for the Aged
33 Winona Drive

Toronto, Ontario M6G 3Z7
Tel: (416) 654-7700
Fax: (416) 654-0943
Rev. Fr. Vasilios Stavropoulos


Sts. Constantine and Helen
1 Brookhaven Drive

Toronto, Ontario M6M 4N6
Tel: (416) 241-2470
Fax: (416) 241-5395

Website: www.stsconstantineandhelen.com
Rev. Fr. Apostolos Drakos


St. Demetrios
30 Thorncliffe Park Drive

Toronto, Ontario M4H 1H8
Tel: (416) 425-2485

Website: www.greekcommunity.org/english/churches_stdimitrios_e.php
Rev. Fr. Triantafilos Porfiris



St. Euphrosynia Byelorussian Greek Orthodox Church
1008 Dovercourt Road
Toronto, Ontario M6H 2X8
Tel: (416) 536-4449 or (416) 571-3440

Rev. Fr. Igumen Nestor Mikhailetchko





Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
136 Sorauren Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M6R 2E4
Tel: (416) 537-2665
Fax: (416) 537-4175
E-mail: fatherpeter@greekcommunity.org
Website: www.greekcommunity.org/english/churches_stmary_e.php

Rev. Fr. Peter Avgeropoulos




St. George
115 Bond Street

Toronto, Ontario M5B 1Y2
(416) 977-3342

Fax: (416) 977-3345

E-mail: office@stgeorgestoronto.org

Website: www.stgeorgestoronto.org
V. Rev. Fr. Constantine Siarapis



Holy Three Hierarchs Chapel
30 Scarsdale Rd
Toronto, Ontario M3B 2R7
Tel: (416) 463-7222

(Serviced by: Rev. Fr. Odisseys Drossos)




Holy Trinity - Panagia Grigoroussa
54 Clinton Street

Toronto, Ontario M6G 2Y3
Tel: (416) 537-1351
Rev. Fr. Constantine Tsagaris



St. Irene Chrysovalantou
66 Gough Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M4K 3N8
Tel: (416) 465-8213

Fax: (416) 465-5839

Website: www.greekcommunity.org/english/churches_stirini_e.php
Rev. Fr. Efstathios Kontoravdis



St. John the Baptist
1385 Warden Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M1R 2S3
Tel: (416) 759-9259
Fax: (416) 759-9257

Website: www.greekcommunity.org/english/churches_stjohn_e.php
Rev. Fr. Philip Philippou


St. John the Theologian Chapel
1 Patriarch Bartholomew Way

Toronto, Ontario M4H 1C6
Tel: (416) 429-5757
Fax: (416) 429-4588

V. Rev. Fr. Ignatios Delis



Metamorphosis
40 Donlands Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M4J 3N6
Tel: (416) 465-2345
Fax: (416) 462-3257

Rev. Fr. George Tolias



Sts. Cyril and Methodius Chapel

Hellenic Home for the Aged

2411 Lawrence Avenue East

Toronto, Ontario M1P 4X1
Tel: 416-654-7700
Fax: 416-654-0943
Email: gomtwebmaster@hotmail.com

Website: www.hellenichome.org

Rev. Fr. Demetrios Koumarellas


St. Nicholas
3840 Finch Avenue East

Toronto, Ontario M1T 3T4
Tel: (416) 291-4367
Fax: (416) 291-5936
E-mail: fr@nalexandris.com

Website: www.stnicholas-goc.com

Rev. Fr. Nicholas Alexandris

In that case, ill change my first post.
I got the wrong impression when hearing about US cities with smaller Greek populations probarbly. :)

Alittle off topic (in this topic) but regarding Churches in the US, you can do a search by city or state for them here: http://www.goarch.org/en/parishes/

If you do a blank search, it says that there are X of 541 records available. Don't know if thats accurate or not, but thats in the US alone. :p

According to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, there are 131 parishes in the country.

Heres the state by state figures:

(number per state)

Victoria (45)
New South Wales (40)
South Australia (20)
Queensland (11)
Western Australia (7)
Northern Territory (3)
Tasmania (3)
Australian Capital Territory (1)

Though the figures don't include churches that do not belong to the Archdiocese of Australia which may account for as much as 100 churches Australia wide.

The Australian counterpart to the USA thread in this forum.
I have noticed that Australian churches don't seem as architecturally appealing as the North American ones.
From Sydney:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/145340990_741618cd4e_o.jpg

Ill get some from my local church next time I'm there.

St Nicholas in Marrickville ^^is probably one of the better (aesthetically speaking) Greek Orthodox Churches in Australia. Your picture shows its rear elevation only (not necessarily its best view). It actually has quite an ornate Romance style entrance along its front elevation.

Built in the 1960s my immigrants in what was at the time a heavily greek populated suburb.

...Its copper top domes have become a local landmark and the building is listed as a local heritage item (listed monument).

St George at Mile End. Largest Greek church in Adelaide.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0a/St._George%2C_South_Australia.jpg/544px-St._George%2C_South_Australia.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/St_George%2C_South_Australia_Inside.jpg/800px-St_George%2C_South_Australia_Inside.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg/800px-Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg

Here are some more of Adelaide's Greek churches, belonging to both the Archdiocese and the Community, thanks to Google Earth Street View(I'm too lazy to go out take photos) The Greek Orthodox church in South Australia is split.

Panagia, Croydon - Greek Orthodox Community of SA
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8428/70275513ms7.jpg

St Nektarios(Monastery), Croydon Park - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3817/20973710au5.jpg

Nativity of Christ, Port Adelaide - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9742/74173523ih9.jpg

Propeht Elias, Norwood - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9994/59220103ej1.jpg

St Spyridon, Unley - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8057/49372542sk2.jpg

St Anthonry, Prospect - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese - Sorry about the view, couldn't get a good shot of the front, covered by trees.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/16/41553903qm8.jpg

St Dimitrios, Salisbury Plain - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4871/78931576iq7.jpg

Are the majority of the Greek Orthodox Churches in Australia built as new structures by the Greek community or are they converted former buildings of different denominations?

Both our main oldest churches in Toronto are converted places of worship.

St. George was originally built in 1897 as a Jewish temple and sold to the Greek Community in 1937. It has a Romanesque façade and few Moorish capitals the interrior icons were painted in their entirety by the Pachomaioi monks, Theophilos and Chrysostomos, master iconographers from Mount Athos, Greece in the 1980s. The only church in all of Canada to be painted by these master iconographers.

As a temple
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5300/holyblossomtemple2c119bcu7.jpg

As a church
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9431/torontostgeorgesgreekorsp8.jpg

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/792/torontostgeorgesgreekorbn6.jpg

Iconography
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7167/torontostgeorgesgreekorzr9.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7172/churchiconsstgeorgepantnn1.jpg


The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in Toronto's west end acquired in 1961 was once the North Parkdale United Church, much of the building has gothic inspired architecture, such as the doors and windows. Partially destroyed by fire in 2000 it now has a rebuilt roof and interrior.

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6391/panagiachurchfinalwx3.jpg

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1255/panagia2gc8.jpg

Images below of the fire damage to the Panagia in Toronto back in 2000
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/6998/panagiafirerr6.jpg

All the churches I posted above are built by the Greek community(not the GOCSA Inc, but in general)
I don't know about other states. However I think even recently, there have been new churches built but again, not sure.

Here is a Greek Orthodox Church in Hobart, Tasmania.
St George
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7429914.jpg

I know in Sydney, there are a few churches which have been converted from other places of worship. Like the Annuciation Cathedral home of the Archbishop in Redfern, St Stephanos at Hurlstone Park, St Nectarios at Burwood. These churches were former Anglian types and feature sandstone type construction, timber roof framing, slate roof tiling etc.

Of note is the newly established parish of St Therapon up at Thornleigh which utilises a timber structure/weatherboard clad church.

There are many others. I will try to post some pics soon.

I must admit that my Church in Brisbane (Australia) would have to be the most non-Orthodox style of architecture in the whole of the country. I am still working on the refurbishment plans (if anyone wants I can post the drafts here - I would like some feedback)... I'm having problems uploading photos, but here's one from the website...

[IMG]http://www.dormition.org.au/Church_Entrance1.jpg

That's pretty different.
I think that, and the one in Coober Pedy(which is underground I think), are probably the two most non-Orthodox style churches.