St Michael's Antiochian Orthodox Church is a

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of the

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South Dunedin South Dunedin is a major inner city suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located, as its name suggests, to the south of the city centre, on part of a large plain known simply as "The Flat". The suburb is a mix of industrial, retai ...

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, within the Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. The parish church, built in 1911, was the first purpose-built Orthodox church in New Zealand. It is a

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(Category II) of New Zealand (list number: 7341). The exterior design of St Michael's is in simple

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style while the interior is designed in

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style. The church congregation includes about 50 families, many from Russia, Greece and Serbia.

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