News & Events

18 January 2020

Ordination of Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon College alumnus, His Grace Bishop-elect Elpidios (Karalis), was ordained to the holy episcopate as Bishop of Kyaneon in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (Redfern, NSW) on today’s feast day of our fathers among the saints Athanasius and Cyril, archbishops of...

30 December 2019

Ordination On Sunday 29 December, College student, Deacon Terry Gerovasilis, was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Stylianos in Gymea (NSW). He will serve as the newly appointed parish priest of the Greek Orthodox Church of Sts Constantine...

16 December 2019

Ordination On Sunday 15 December, Faculty member and College graduate, Deacon Amphilohios Papantoniou (BTh, 2001, MTh, 2001, MTh Hons, 2008, MPhil, 2019) was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Spyridon in Kingsford (NSW), where...

1 November 2019

Presentation at NCCA Assembly On Thursday 31 October, Dr Philip Kariatlis attended the National Council of Churches of Australia (NCCA) Assembly at which he was invited to present a paper relating to the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission study document, Moral Discernment in the Church – Faith and Order...

25 October 2019

Ordination On Thursday 24 October, College student, Fr Christophoros Krikelis, was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Holy Monastery of Panagia ‘Axion Estin’ in Northcote, Melbourne (VIC). Dn Christophoros is the son of the Rev. Jordan Krikelis (Church of St John the...

21 October 2019

Faculty Member Receives Essay Prize Dr Lydia Gore-Jones, Lecturer in Biblical Studies, was selected for this year's Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum (CRINT) Foundation Essay Prize. Her paper was entitled “Wisdom and Torah in Late Second Temple Judaism by Example of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch”. The bi-annual CRINT Essay...

25 September 2019

St Andrew's Third Theology Symposium - A Great Success With the blessing of our new College Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, St Andrew’s College held its third biennial Theology Symposium on 20-21 September, 2019. The theme of this year’s Symposium was: ‘The Importance of Christology for the 21st Century’ and the two keynote...

7 August 2019

Ordination On Tuesday 6 August, the Great Feast Day of the Lord’s transfiguration on Mount Tabor, College graduate, Deacon Nicholas Georgiou (BTh, 2016) was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of our Lord’s Transfiguration in Thomastown (VIC). Fr...

24 June 2019

Ordination On Sunday 23 June, College graduate, Deacon John Daher (GradCertA, 2016) was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios (Kodseie) of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines at St Mary’s ‘Nativity of the Theotokos’ Antiochian...

12 June 2019

Visit to St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (New York) Dr Philip Kariatlis visited St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary where he met with the President of the Seminary, the Very Reverend Dr Chad Hatfield, the Academic Dean, Dr Ionut Alexandru Tudorie, together with other faculty and staff. As is well known, St Andrew’s enjoys a wonderful...