News & Events

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...

4 April 2022

Ordination On Saturday 2 April, College alumnus, Fr Meliton (Nicholas) Haridemos (BTh, 2021), was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas (Canberra, ACT). Deacon Meliton was born and raised in Canberra before moving to Sydney for...

30 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On 27 March 2022, at the invitation of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, our Faculty Member Dr Andrew Mellas presented a guest lecture on “The Mystery of the Cross” to the Orthodox faithful of Melbourne. Dr Mellas explored the liturgical...

28 March 2022

Ordination On Sunday 27 March, Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, College Registrar, Dn Anastasios Kalogerakis, was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation (Redfern, NSW). Fr Anastasios will continue at St Andrew’s as the...

25 March 2022

Ordination Today, during the Hierarchical Liturgy for the Great Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, College alumnus and I.T. Officer, Dn Irenaeus Triantis (BTh, 2017), was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation (Redfern,...

22 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member Associate Professor Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of St Andrew’s Theological College, was a panelist member at YOKE (Young Orthodox Striving to Know the Eternal), Youth Organisation of St John’s Greek Orthodox Church at Parramatta, who together with His Grace Bishop Emilianos of Meloa, Revd Dr...