TheAutocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia is aGreek Orthodoxdenomination.
On 18 November 1926, the new Council of the Greek Community ofSydney "seceded from theAustralian Orthodox Metropolis and joined the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Canada led by thedefrockedMetropolitan Vassilios Komvopoulos. Thesacraments conducted by the discharged and defrocked priests inMelbourne and Sydney were declared null and void by the Greek government and the children born from nullified marriages were not recognized byGreece."[1]