News & Events

16 March 2020

Letter to Students regarding COVID-19 All face-to-face classes on campus in Redfern (NSW) and the Melbourne facilitation classes hosted at St John’s College in Preston (VIC) have been suspended for the foreseeable future, effective immediately, and until further notice. In the meantime, lectures will be transferred to distance...

2 March 2020

2020 Graduation Event On 28 February, the Dedication Service for Graduates of St Andrew’s Theological College was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Annunciation (Redfern, NSW). The evening’s proceedings began with a Doxological Service chanted by faculty members, alumni and students. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios...

27 February 2020

Commencement of the New Academic Year Today the College commenced its thirty-fifth academic year with its annual Doxology Service in the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Redfern, officiated by the Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, among clergy, faculty members, staff, alumni, students and guests. Distinguished...

18 February 2020

New Publication by Faculty Member Dr Andrew Mellas, Senior Lecturer in Church History and Liturgical Studies, recently published a volume in the esteemed Popular Patristics Series produced by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. The volume is no.61 in the series which consists of English translations of mainly first millennium Christian...

17 February 2020

St Andrew’s Student Awarded Essay Prize At its ordinary meeting today, the Academic Board of the Sydney College of Divinity awarded the Centre for Gospels and Acts Research 2019 Essay Prize to Anna Vagias, a postgraduate student of St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College. Anna received the prize for an essay submitted as part of...

31 January 2020

Public Lecture in Honour of the Three Hierarchs Feast Day On 30 January, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, in collaboration with The Australian Hellenic Educators’ Association (AHEA), organised a public lecture delivered by Dr Vassilis Adrahtas (Western Sydney University) to commemorate the Feast of the Three Hierarchs: Sts Basil the Great,...

28 January 2020

Update from Department of Health on the Novel Coronavirus The Commonwealth Department of Health has provided updated information on the novel coronavirus for the education and training sector. The Department is seeking the assistance of educational institutions in sharing this information with its staff and students. A copy of the factsheets are...

27 January 2020

Ordination On Sunday 26 January, College graduate, Pandelis Laskaris (GradDipA, 2019), was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Eustathios in South Melbourne (VIC), wherein he has also been assigned to serve as a deacon alongside parish priest...

26 January 2020

VIC State Youth Conference (District of Melbourne) His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, College Dean, gave the keynote presentation at the Victorian State Youth Conference for the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne which explored the theme ‘Change: How Do we Navigate Ourselves in a Diverse World.’ The conference was held on Saturday 25...

19 January 2020

Ordination of Bishop Silouan of Sinope College alumnus and Faculty member, His Grace Bishop-elect Silouan (Fotineas), was ordained to the holy episcopate as Bishop of Sinope in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Redfern, NSW) on today’s feast day of our holy father Makarios the Great of Egypt. Presiding...