News & Events

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...

9 August 2024

Residential Formation Program On Friday, 9 August 2024 the Very Rev. Fr Miltiades Chryssavgis, former Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and parish priest of St George Church, Rose Bay, addressed the students as part of their ongoing Formation program. Fr Miltiades reflected on his sixty-seven year priesthood by...

24 July 2024

Public Lecture On Tuesday 23 July 2024, Assoc. Prof. Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of St Andrew’s College gave a talk at the University of New South Wales Sofia Fellowship entitled, ‘The Lives of the Saints: What we learn? Their Relevance for us Today’.

18 July 2024

Public Lecture On Wednesday, 17 July 2024, Assoc. Prof. Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of St Andrew’s Theological College, delivered the second of a series of lectures to a Chinese audience predominantly living within Chinda and intently interested in learning about the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The title of his...

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