News & Events

30 August 2022
International Byzantine Congress As part of the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, our Faculty Member, Dr Andrew Mellas, presented a paper on human and divine emotion in the paschal hymn of St Romanos the Melodist. The paper was part of a roundtable on ‘Mystagogy: Liturgy, Materiality and the Senses.’ The...
16 August 2022
Ordination On Saturday 13 August, College alumnus Deacon Kyriakos Tsapas (DipChSt, 2016) was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Haralambos (Templestowe, VIC). Also in attendance were Their Graces Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis and Bishop...
8 August 2022
Ordination On Saturday 6 August, The Great Feast of our Lord's Transfiguration, College student Shadi Hanna was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, in the Church of St Nicholas (East...
4 July 2022
Ordination On Saturday 2 July, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, College alumnus Phillip Papagiannopoulos (BTh, 2020) was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Axion Estin (Northcote, VIC). In his guiding...
27 June 2022
Online Seminar Series by Faculty Member The Greek Orthodox Advisory Committee for Scripture is pleased to announce an Online Seminar for all our volunteer Scripture Teachers. Please Join us online via ZOOM for a special presentation series on Church History by the Very Revd Fr Anastasios Bozikis.
20 June 2022
Graduation Doxology for Saint Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney On 19 June, 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 formal procession of clergy, faculty and graduands into the Cathedral. A Doxological Service was chanted...
17 June 2022
Guest Lecture by Faculty Member On Thursday 16 June 2022, A/Prof. Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of St Andrew's was invited to give a talk, titled 'Living a Christ-centred Life: What is really all about? How might we achieve this?' at the SOFIA fellowship group of the University of New South Wales.
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...

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