News & Events

25 February 2016

SCD's Second Wellbeing Conference The Sydney College of Divinity (SCD) organises its second conference on the theme of wellbeing on 22-23 July 2016. The full name of the conference is Justice, Mercy and Social Wellbeing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. It is being convened by Professor James Harrison, SCD's Director of...

24 February 2016

Professor Johannes Zachhuber Will Lecture at St Andrew's St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College proudly announces the visit of noted scholar Professor Johannes Zachhuber from the University of Oxford. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Dean of our College, he will lecture for T9610A The Patristic Tradition and Classical...

20 February 2016

Science and Orthodoxy around the World An important international venture has recently been initiated, the program Science and Orthodoxy around the World (2016-2019). Funded by grants from the Templeton Foundation, the program is hosted by National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens), reuniting Orthodox...

19 February 2016

Public Seminar: Christian Perspectives on the Environment After his first visit, in 2014, the esteemed friend of St Andrew's, Professor Jonathan Wooding (Sir Warwick Fairfax Professor of Celtic Studies, The University of Sydney) returns to the College this semester. Prof. Wooding will offer the main address of a seminar hosted by the College entitled...

12 February 2016

A Note of Thanks to the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies We wish to thank the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies for sharing information on our upcoming Patristic Symposium via its website. The Australian Association for Byzantine Studies is a non-profit organisation that aims to foster links between scholars, students and laypersons within...

12 February 2016

Conference Papers Two faculty members of St Andrew's offered papers at the eleventh conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association, held at the University of Sydney on 11 & 12 February 2016. Protopresbyter Dr Doru Costache (Senior Lecturer in Patristic Studies) addressed "Byzantine Cosmology:...

27 January 2016

Professional Development Seminar for School Teachers and Staff (2016) On Wednesday 27 January 2016, St Andrew’s hosted its third annual professional development day for the teachers and staff of the Greek Orthodox co-education private schools in Sydney: St Spyridon College (Kingsford), All Saints Grammar (Belmore) and St Euphemia College (Bankstown). In front of an...

22 January 2016

Report on Scholars' Meeting at the Phanar by Dr Philip Kariatlis On 4 and 5 January 2016, Dr Philip Kariatlis (Academic Director, Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology) attended the Scholars’ Meeting held at the Venerable Centre of the Phanar by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Click here to download his report on the event.

18 January 2016

Call for Papers The conveners, Professor James Harrison, Protopresbyter Dr Doru Costache, Dr Adam Cooper and Dr Mario Baghos, have released the call for papers for the seventh St Andrew's Patristic Symposium, to be held within the premises of the College on 23-24 September 2016. The conference will focus on...

31 December 2015

New YouTube Videos Thirteen new snippet videos have been added to the St Andrew’s YouTube Channel. These videos feature the following faculty members and friends of the College discussing a range of interesting topics (incl. the relevance of the Orthodox Christian tradition to contemporary schooling, the ascetic and...