News & Events

8 July 2024

Conference Presentation Sr Margaret Beirne recently participated in the combined Conference of the Australian Catholic Biblical (ACBA) and Theological (ACTA) Associations in Brisbane, 4-7 July. At the Joint Session, Sr Margaret represented ACBA on a 3-person panel where she spoke on the topic “Acts 15, a Spirit-led model...

24 June 2024

Public Lecture On Monday, 24 June 2024, Fr Anastasios Bozikis, Associate Lecturer in Church History, led a youth group discussion at the Parish of the Archangel Michael at Crows Nest on two significant dialogues entitled: 'Finding True Life: Two Conversations with the Devil.' It compared and contrasted the...

18 June 2024

Public Lecture Following the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Synod in 325AD, Fr Anastasios Bozikis, Associate Lecturer in Church History presented a short lecture at the SOFIA Orthodox Fellowship at the University of NSW on the 18th June 2024 entitled ‘Creed, Canons and a Calendar: The First...

6 June 2024

Public Lecture On Thursday, 6 June 2024, Fr Anastasios Bozikis, Associate Lecturer in Church history delivered a talk to the Fellowship Group of St Nectarios Church in Burwood on ‘Justinian: Emperor and Saint.’ It traced the extraordinary career of this sixth century Byzantine ruler and his wife, the Empress St...

3 June 2024

Constantinople 1453: Beginning or End? Our Faculty Member, Dr Andrew Mellas, recently participated in the ‘Byzantine Month’ at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection (Kogarah) on ‘The Legacy of Byzantium: Theology, Hellenism and Civilisation’. On 9 May, Dr Mellas delivered a guest lecture exploring the reception of Alexander the...

1 May 2024

Faculty Publication The journal of the Gregorian University in Rome has published an article by Sr Margaret Beirne, “Acts 15, a Spirit-led model for the Synod process” (on which the above address was based) in Gregorianum 105, 2 (2024) 283-298. The 2024 Gregoranium Journal 105/2 is available in and

22 March 2024

Public Lecture on Sunday of Orthodoxy As part of the Lenten Series of Talks at Our Lady of Myrtles (Kogarah) Fellowship, on 21 March 2024, our Faculty Member, Dr Andrew Mellas, presented a reflection and led a discussion on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Dr Mellas reflected on the tumultuous period of Iconoclasm in Byzantium and the crisis...

20 March 2024

Public Lecture The Byzantine Music School of Australia, founded under the leadership of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, recently held it’s First National Conference for Teachers, Students and Chanters, where Mr Basilios Psilacos made a presentation via zoom titled "A Personal Reflection on...

19 March 2024

Public Lecture On Sunday 17 March, on Cheesefare Sunday, Assoc. Prof. Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of our College gave a talk at the Orthodox Café at the Parish of St Stylianos Gymea entitled, “Forgiveness, Fasting and Philanthropy—Our Means of Ascent Towards the Crucified and Risen Christ.”

15 March 2024

Resolutions in relation to the Recent Granting of an Eparchial Synod for the Church in Australia The Faculty of St Andrew’s Unanimously Passed Three Resolutions in relation to the Recent Granting of an Eparchial Synod for the Church in Australia. At their Academic Board meeting today—Thursday 14th March, 2024—the Faculty of St Andrew’s unanimously passed three resolutions which expressed...