News & Events

25 October 2021

30th Anniversary of the Election of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew With "one mouth and with one heart" as we say in the divine liturgy of St John Chrysostom, the faculty and students of St Andrew's fervently pray that God will grant our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew many years, full of His blessings, Grace, and Joy, so that He may continue to rightly teach the...

19 October 2021

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On 18 October, Dr Mario Baghos, Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, delivered the fourth talk in the Student Orthodox Fellowship of Australia's (SOFIA) series 'Understanding Orthodox Christianity in Light of Other Faiths.' The talk was entitled 'Orthodoxy, Hinduism and Buddhism.'

15 October 2021

'Themes in Contemporary Theology' Lecture by Revd Chad Hatfield With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, St Andrew’s ‘Themes in Contemporary Theology’ series continued on 15 October with a zoom presentation by the renowned Very Revd Prof. Chad Hatfield, President of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York and Professor...

11 October 2021

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On 9 October Fr Anastasios Bozikis, Associate Lecturer in Church History addressed the Greek Orthodox Christian Society on the topic ‘Kollyva and Communion: An 18th Century Crisis on Mt Athos.’ The talk discussed the Kollyvades Controversy which engulfed the Holy Mountain at that time and its...

8 October 2021

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On 7 October, at the invitation of college graduate the Very Revd Fr Athanasios Giatsios, Dr Mario Baghos, Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, gave a presentation entitled ‘A Pilgrimage to Constantinople’ for St Catherine’s Youth Fellowship (via Zoom). Click here for the video...

7 October 2021

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On 6 October, at the invitation of His Grace Bishop-Elect of Kerasounta Evmenios, Dr Mario Baghos, Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, gave a talk on Byzantium for the Archdiocesan District of Northcote, Melbourne’s Mystic Faith Radio hosted by 3XY 1422AM Radio Hellas.

27 September 2021

'Themes in Contemporary Theology' Lecture by Very Revd Prof. Alexis Torrence On 24 September, faculty and students welcomed via Zoom the Very Revd Prof. Alexis Torrance, Archbishop Demetrios Associate Professor of Byzantine Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, for the College’s ongoing series ‘Themes in Contemporary Theology.’ A protopresbyter...

22 September 2021

Peer-Reviewed Article Published by Faculty Member Dr Mario Baghos published an article entitled 'Orthodox Tradition vis-a-vis Historical-Criticism in Representations of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ' in volume 65.1-2 of St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. The volume is available for purchase on the SVS Press website here. With...

20 September 2021

'Themes in Contemporary Theology' Lecture by Very Revd Chrysostomos Nassis On 17 September, faculty and students welcomed the Very Revd Protopresbyter Chrysostomos Nassis (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) for the College's ongoing ‘Themes in Contemporary Theology’ series. After an introduction from the Sub-Dean,...

13 September 2021

'Themes in Contemporary Theology' Lecture by Revd Prof. Perry Hamalis On 10 September, for the College’s ongoing ‘Themes in Contemporary Theology’ e-lecture series, Faculty and students welcomed Revd Prof. Dn. Perry Hamalis, Cecelia Schneller Mueller Professor of Religion at North Central College, Illinois, USA. Fr Perry is also a Deacon of the Orthodox Church...