News & Events

15 June 2022

Ordination On Monday 13 June, the Great Feast Day of the Holy Spirit, College student Deacon Irinaios Koikas was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Hobart, Tasmania. His Eminence concelebrated the divine liturgy with Their...

14 June 2022

Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Liturgy of St James Our Faculty Member, Dr Andrew Mellas, was recently invited to present a paper at an Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Liturgy of St James at the University of Regensburg (6–10 June 2022). Dr Mellas' paper explored the relationships between liturgy, hymnography and the mystagogical catecheses of...

10 June 2022

A/Prof. Philip Kariatlis Took Part in a National Council of Churches Of Australia (NCCA) Consultation on Synodality As part of a two-year journey (2021-2023) embarked upon by the Roman Catholic Church in preparation for the Synod of Synodality, the National Council of Churches of Australia organised a consultation on 8 June 2022 which brought together representatives from different Christian Churches to relate...

6 June 2022

Ordinations On Saturday 4 June, College student Deacon Kyprianos Nerouppos was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Eustathios (South Melbourne, VIC). Also in attendance were His Eminence Metropolitan Ezekiel of Derbe and Their Graces, Bishop...

30 May 2022

Dean's Keynote Address at 3rd International Conference on the Hellenic Diaspora His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, a keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on the Hellenic Diaspora. His keynote address was titled: “The Orthodox Church and its mission in the world”. On Thursday, May 26, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia...

24 May 2022

Presentation by Faculty Member On 21 May 2022, Dr Andrew Mellas (Senior Lecturer, Church History and Liturgics) presented a paper on “Liturgical Emotions in the Shadow of the Pandemic” at a Conference convened by the Sydney College of Divinity: Theologizing in the Shadow of the Pandemic. Dr Mellas explored how today’s...

23 May 2022

Ordination and Conferral On Sunday 22 May, College alumnus Peter Simos (GradCertArts, 2016, MA, 2020) was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition (Mount Gravatt, QLD). His Eminence concelebrated with His Grace Bishop Emilianos of Meloa, together with...

10 May 2022

Faculty Publication College lecturers Father Anastasios Bozikis (Church History) and Dn Dr Mario Baghos (Patristics) along with Dn Dr Chris Baghos recently co-wrote a chapter on the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia published on Christine Chaillot (ed.) A Short History of the Orthodox Church in...

5 May 2022

Call For Papers! 9th Patristic Symposium St Maximus the Confessor within 7th Century Christianity: Theology and History 2-3 September 2022 Keynote Speakers Very Revd Prof. John Behr Regius Professor of Humanity, University of Aberdeen “The Game of God: Our Growth in Christ” Prof. Paul...

2 May 2022

Ordination and Conferral On Sunday 1 May, College alumnus, Dn Nicholas (Eric) Carmona Torres (BTh, 2021), was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Catherine (Mascot, NSW). Fr Nicholas was born and raised in Mexico before moving to Australia with his wife...