News & Events

25 March 2022

Ordination Today, during the Hierarchical Liturgy for the Great Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, College alumnus and I.T. Officer, Dn Irenaeus Triantis (BTh, 2017), was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation (Redfern,...

22 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member Associate Professor Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of St Andrew’s Theological College, was a panelist member at YOKE (Young Orthodox Striving to Know the Eternal), Youth Organisation of St John’s Greek Orthodox Church at Parramatta, who together with His Grace Bishop Emilianos of Meloa, Revd Dr...

21 March 2022

Ordination On Sunday 20 March, College alumnus Jason Israel (BTh, 2017, MTh, 2022) was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, in the Church of St Nicholas (Punchbowl, NSW). In his guiding speech...

21 March 2022

Ordination On Sunday 20 March, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, College student Christos Karafotias was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Grace Bishop Emilianos of Meloa in the Greek Orthodox Church of St Stylianos (Gymea, NSW). His Grace concelebrated the Divine with His Grace...

18 March 2022

New Publication by Faculty Member Dn Dr Mario Baghos, Senior Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, recently published an article on Jonathan Pageau's The Symbolic World website entitled 'Religious Symbolism and the Modern City, Part Two: Capitalism and Corporations.' It is available at the following link: https://...

14 March 2022

New Publication by Faculty Member Cambridge University Press has just published the paperback edition of Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium by Dr Andrew Mellas. Exploring the liturgical experience of emotions in Byzantium, this book reimagines the performance of hymns by St Romanos the Melodist, St Andrew of Crete and...

11 March 2022

New Publication by Faculty Member Dn Dr Mario Baghos, Senior Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, recently published an article on Jonathan Pageau's The Symbolic World website entitled 'Religious Symbolism and the Modern City, Part One: From the Reformation to Today.' It is available at the following link: https://...

5 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member Dr Andrew Mellas presented a lecture on St Romanos the Melodist and the songs of Pascha to the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University on the 4th of March. Dr Mellas explored how the Paschal hymn of Romanos the Melodist sought to shape an emotional and liturgical community in...

4 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On 3 March, Dn Dr Mario Baghos, Senior Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, gave a presentation entitled 'The Meaning of Holy and Great Lent' for the Our Lady of Myrtles Fellowship at the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah.

2 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member At the invitation of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos, and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Father Anastasios Bozikis was the first in a series of lecturers from St Andrew’s to address the Greek Orthodox youth in Melbourne in a series of talks “Journey to Pascha 2022 – The Meaning of...