News & Events

9 December 2024
College Representation at the QLD State Youth Conference The Queensland State Youth Conference took place on Saturday, 7 December 2024, at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Mt Gravatt, Brisbane. The event brought together over 250 participants, highlighting the enthusiasm and commitment of the youth within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of...
5 December 2024
St Andrew's Course Information Session via ZOOM On Wednesday 4 December, St Andrew’s hosted a Course Information Session via Zoom in order to welcome prospective students from around Australia and abroad. Around 30 potential applicants joined faculty, current students and alumni for an introduction to the study of theology and course options...
29 November 2024
Our Dean's Address at International Theology Conference Our College President and Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, presented a paper at the 2024 International Conference of Christian Orthodox Theology in Athens (24-28 November 2024) organised by the School of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. The...
8 October 2024
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: First Recipient of an Ecclesiastical Honorary Doctoral Award by St Andrew’s Theological College On Saturday, 5 October 2024, St Andrew’s Theological College conferred its first ever ecclesiastical honorary doctorate upon His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The ceremony began impressively, with a formal procession of Council and Faculty members led into the auditorium of the...
19 September 2024
Conferral of an Ecclesiastical Honorary Doctorate to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew On Saturday 5th October, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, with the blessing of our President and Dean His Eminence Archbishop Makarios will hold a service of conferral of an honorary doctorate award upon His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who whill be visiting...
16 September 2024
Ordination On Sunday 15 September, the Sunday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross, College alumnus Deacon Ignatius Hanna was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, in the Church of St...
9 September 2024
The Apostle Paul: A Short Course Symposium With the blessing of our College President and Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, St Andrew's recently hosted a Crash Course Symposium on the Apostle Paul, featuring a series of seminars delivered by His Grace Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis (Patriarchate of Africa; Head of the...
9 September 2024
Visit to St Nectarios Church, Burwood As part of their Formation Program, students of St Andrew’s visited St Nectarios Church, Burwood on Friday, 6th September. The Parish Priest, Fr George Liangas welcomed them and gave a short tour of the historic Church presenting the relics of St Nectarios for veneration. A talk followed on ‘The...
26 August 2024
Residential Formation Program On Friday, 23rd August His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis visited the College and addressed the students as part of their Formation Program. His Grace reflected on the calling to the priesthood and shared many aspects of his own personal journey firstly, as a layman and theology student, then...
12 August 2024
Oxford Patristics Conference Our Faculty Members, Andrew Mellas and Sophia Theodoratos, recently attended and presented papers at the 19th International Conference on Patristic Studies at the University of Oxford (5–9 August 2024). Dr Mellas was part of a session on Monastic and Lay Piety in Greek and Syriac Hymnography, and...

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