News & Events

13 May 2014

Christianity and the Arts On the 12th of May, the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, Senior Lecturer in Patristic Studies, gave the first presentation for the second Christianity and the Arts series held at the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah. The presentation was entitled ‘Christ is Reason! From the...

12 May 2014

2014 Sydney College of Divinity Graduation Ceremony St Andrew’s took part in the thirtieth graduation ceremony of the Sydney College of Divinity (SCD) on 10 May. On a beautiful Sydney morning, around 600 people attended the Great Hall of the University of Sydney to celebrate the academic achievements of 172 graduates from the seven member...

6 May 2014

F.O.C.U.S. and S.U.O.F. Forum On the 5th of May, Dr Philip Kariatlis (Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology) spoke about the early Church at the public forum which was co-hosted by the Fellowship of Orthodox Christian University Students and the Sydney University Orthodox Fellowship at the University of New South Wales, and...

2 May 2014

Christianity and the Arts Christianity and the Arts will be returning to the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah, from the 12th May at 7:30 pm in the hall next to the Church. The first presentation, by the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache, is entitled ‘Christ is Reason! From the Johannine prologue to the...

30 April 2014

Inaugural Annual SCD Lecture The inaugural Annual SCD Lecture took place at the SCD headquarters on Wednesday, the 30th of April, upon the initiative of its Director of Research, Professor James Harrison. The internationally renowned speaker, Professor Brigitte Kahl (Union Theological Seminary, New York), presented on the...

16 April 2014

Research Seminar Presentation On Tuesday 12 April, Mr Anthony Papantoniou, Associate Lecturer in Patristic Studies, gave a presentation entitled 'Exploring the Principle of Theandricity in Byzantine Christology' at the Research Seminars of the Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney, within which he is...

16 April 2014

Fundraiser On Sunday 13 April, the Philoptochos of the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah, hosted a Palm Sunday Luncheon in order to create awareness of and to support St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College. The Very Revd Archimandrite Sophronios Konidaris, himself a graduate...

4 April 2014

Visit by His Grace Bishop Ignatije The College was honoured to welcome His Grace Bishop Ignatije, Bishop of Pozarevac-Branichevo in Serbia and Professor of Dogmatics within the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade. His Grace has worked as an archpastor and scholar for over two decades and a number of his...

31 March 2014

Ordination College graduate, Deacon Prohoros Anastasiadis (BTh, 2014), was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Grace Bishop Seraphim of Apollonias on Sunday 30 March at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, Liverpool (NSW). He now serves this church as its assistant parish priest...

22 March 2014

T9684A Patristic Profile: St Gregory of Nyssa Here is the flyer for T9684A Patristic Profile: St Gregory of Nyssa, coordinated by the Very Revd Dr Doru Costache. It will be an online postgraduate course with a two-day residential component. Visiting scholar Professor Paul M. Blowers (Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City TN USA), one of...