St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Adelaide

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St. George Greek Orthodox Church is a church in the suburb of Thebarton in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is under the auspices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the spiritual direction of Archbishop Stylianos of Australia [1], and is the largest Greek Orthodox church in Adelaide. This is partly due to the high population of Greek Australians in the area, mostly from Thebarton and Torrensville.

Throughout the 1950s the area became home to a large number of Greek migrants, and by 1966 they formed 13.4 per cent of the population in Thebarton.

The St. George Greek Orthodox Community was formed in 1960 to help the expatriate Greeks, and in 1965 the members of that community built St. George's Church as we know it today.

The Parish Priest of the Greek Orthodox Community of Saint George is the Very Reverend Father Diogenis Patsouris. Father Diogenis Patsouris has served the Parish since 1970.

Today, the suburbs of Torrensville and Thebarton have a significant Greek Australian population, with 4,471 Greek Australians living in the area, that is 18.7 per cent of the total population, according to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2001. Moreover, St. George Church also caters for Adelaide’s western suburbs, making it by far, the largest parish in South Australia.^{[citation needed]}