HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP STYLIANOS
OF AUSTRALIA
Qualifications
Bachelor of Divinity (Chalki 1958)
Doctor of Divinity (Athens 1965)
Honorary Doctorate (Lublin 1985)
Honorary Doctor of Theology (Sydney College of Divinity 2001)
Subject area
Systematic Theology
Status
Full time
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research activity
Current research
Primacy and Collegiality in the Church
Books
The Gnoseology of St Maximus the Confessor [in Greek], Chalke, 1958.
The Infallibility of the Church in Orthodox Theology [in Greek]. Athens, 1965.
The Constitution on the Church of the Vatican II Council [in Greek]. Thessalonica, 1969.
The Fourth General Assembly of the World Council of Church [in Greek]. Thessalonica, 1969.
Orthodoxe Kirche und Katholizismus. Ahnliches und Verschiedenes. Munchen: 1975.
The Orthodox Church and Catholicism. Translated into English by Harry L. Simmons. Sydney: Australian Council of Churches, 1980.
In the margin of Dialogue [in Greek]. Athens, 1991.
Incarnations of Dogma [in Greek]. Athens: Domos, 1996.
The New Erotokritos of P. Prevelakis [in Greek]. Athens: 1997
The Present and Future [in Greek]. Athens: Domos, 1999.
On Prayer. [Greek-English]. Athens: Armos, 1999.
In Obedience of Faith [in Greek]. Athens: Armos, 2002.
Penzikis: Hereafter and Herein. Quebec: Alexander Press, 2003.
Chapters in books
'Die Heilige Eucharistie in orthodoxer Sicht' in Th. Sartory (Hg), Die Eucharistie im Verstandnis der Konfessionen, Recklinghausen, 1961: 192-188.
'Das Athonitische Monchtum' in Festschrift fur B. Laourdas, Thessaloniki: 1975: 313-321.
'Natur und Gnade im liturgischen Verstandnis der Orthodoxie' in Mysterium und Gnade, Festschrift fur J. Auer, Regensburg: 1975: 160-174. Later published in English as 'Nature and Grace in the Liturgical Conscience of Orthodoxy', Phronema 6 (1991): 5-17.
'Patriarch Athenagoras and Inter-Orthodox Relations' [in Greek], in Athenagoras Oikoumenikos Patriarches o Epeirotes, Ioannina, 1975.
'Die Orthodoxe Kirche und die okumenische Bewegung', in Okumenische Kirchen Geschichte 3, Matthias-Grunewald-Verlag Chr. Kaiser Verlag, 1974, 359-366.
'Die ekklesiologische Bedeutung von Taufe und Firmung' in E. Suttner (Hg.), Taufe und Firmung, 2. Regensburger Symposion, Regensburg 1971: 73-89.
To Thryskeftiko Stoichio stin Ethniki Glossa ton Ellinon [in Greek] in Memoriam fur Metropolit Jakovos von Ikonium, Athens: 1984: 355-360.
'Prologue', in God's Struggler: Religion in the Writings of Nikos Kazantzakis (Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1996).
'Poetry and Dogma in the Work of St Andrew of Crete', in O Agios Andreas Archiepiskopos Kretes O Ierosolymites Poliouchos Eresou Lesbou [in Greek], Mytilene, 2005.
'The Place as Factor in the Mystery of Salvation', [in Greek], in Epistemonike Parousia Estias Theologon Chalkes, vol. 5, Athens, 2002.
Articles in refereed journals
'Priorities in True Culture'. Phronema 20 (2005) 1-7.
'Commemoration in Orthodox Worship and Life', Phronema 19 (2004): 1-22. The original Greek appeared in Synaxis 92 (Oct-Dec): 38-54.
'The Misfortune of the Official Dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics', first published in Greek in the Academic Journal of the Aristotelian University of Thessalonica, and also in Phronema 18 (2003): 1-27.
'Theology and Aesthetics', Phronema 17 (2002): 1-13.
'The Dogmatic Foundations of Christian Identity', Phronema 16 (2001): 1-11.
'The Fear of God as an Integrating Factor of Education and Spiritual Progress', Phronema 16 (2001): 27-31.
'Xenos and philoxenia in Greek Orthodox Tradition', Phronema 15(2000): 3-14.
'Audiatur Et Altera Pars', Phronema 14 (1999): 2-4.
'Faith – a Power Beyond the Human', Phronema 13 (1998): 1-15. The Greek can be found in The Greek Orthodox Youth of Australia in Dialogue, vol. 7 (2002), 15-25. The Greek appeared in The Greek Orthodox Youth of Australia in Dialogue, vol. 5 (Melbourne, 1995), 18-25.
'Dogma and Authority in the Church', Phronema 12 (1997): 8-23. Originally appearing in Greek in Epistemonike Parousia Estias Theologon Chalkes, vol. 4. Athens, 1997.
'The Mystery of Person and Human Adventure', Phronema 11 (1996): 6-20.
'The Positives and Negatives of Orthodoxy in the New World', Phronema 10 (1995): 5-22. First appeared in Greek in Epistemonike Parousia Estias Theologon Chalkes, vol. 3, 1994.
'A Comment on the Papal Encyclical Orientale Lumen', Phronema 10 (1995): 51-60. Originally appeared in Greek in Ekklesia 72 (1995): 404-405, 447-449 and 487-490.
'Secular values and Christian Ethics', Phronema 9 (1994): 7-17.
'The Importance of Greek Culture for Australian Society', Phronema 8 (1993): 1-13.
'Physical and Spiritual Fathers', Phronema 7 (1992): 5-12.
'The Sacredness of Creation', Phronema 5 (1990): 5-13.
‘Nature and Grace in the Liturgical Conscience of Orthodoxy’, Phronema 6 (1991): 5-20.
'The Icon in Orthodox Spirituality', Phronema 4 (1989): 5-13.
'Dangers of Idealism in Theology and Spirituality', Phronema 3 (1988): 3-10.
'The Kenotic Character of Theology as Ultimate Glorification of God and Man', Phronema 2 (1987): 3-14.
'The Place of Tradition in the Christian Faith', Phronema 1 (1986): 7-17.
'Die Heilige Eucharistie in Orthodoxer Sicht', Die Eucharistie im Verstandnis der Konfessionen, 1961: 172-188.
'Die Orthodoxe Kirche und das Soziale Problem', Hellas (1961): 18-26.
'Okumenischer Dialog nach dem Konzil', Una Sancta 21 (1966): 231-232.
'Toleranz im sakularen und im christlichen Sinne', Kerygma und Dogma, 12 (1966): 63-76. Also published in Greek as Peri Anochis ex Apopseos Orthodoxou, Theologia 37 (1966): 416-433.
'Uber die gegenwartige Situation der orthodoxen Kirche', Kyrios, 6 (1966): 227-239.
'The Ecclesiology of Vatican II: An Orthodox Summary', Diakonia 2 (1967): 233-249.
‘I Syneidisis tis Ekklisias kai to Alathito Aftis’ [in Greek], Gregory Palamas, 51 (1968): 510-526.
'Die Trinitatslehre Gregors von Nazianz' in Kleronomia, 1 (1969): 83-102.
'Religion and Art', Nea Poreia, 1969:191-200.
‘To en Freising tis Bavarias Synedrio tis Diethnous Organoseos Katallagis’ [in Greek], Gregorios Palamas, 53 (1970): 379-397.
'The Relationship between Theological and Aesthetical Categories in St John's Revelation', Nea Poreia, 1970: 133-142.
'Kann ein Petrusdienst in der Kirche einen Sinn haben? Griechisch-orthodoxe Antwort', Concilium, 7 (1971): 284-286.
Peri to Provlima tis Didaktikis Afthentias en ti Ekklisia [in Greek], Kleronomia, 3 (1971): 95-110.
'Die Stellung des Kaisers in der byzantinischen Geistigkeit, dogmatisch gesehen', Byzantina, 3 (1971): 45-52.
I Ypo tis Paleokatholikis Ekklisias Episimos Homologias Pisteos eis to Oikoumenikon Patriarchion [in Greek], Kleronomia 3 (1971): 193-206.
'Der auferstandene Christus und die Kirche', Kleronomia, 4 (1972): 1-20.
To Agion Pneuma os Ermenefs tou Evangeliou kai Zoodotis tis Simerinis Ekklisias [in Greek], Kleronomia, 4 (1972): 403-422. Also published in French as 'Le Saint-Esprit comme Interprete de l' Evangile et Donateur de vie de l' Eglise contemporaine' in Message de l'Exarchat du Patriarche russe en Europe occidentale, 1972, Nr. 78/79: 121-135 & in English in 'The Holy Spirit as Interpreter and Life-Giver', Sobornost 6 (1973) 7: 459-470.
'De leer van de Kerk in de moderne grieks-orthodoxe theologie', Het Christelijk Oosten, 24(1972): 225-236.
Themata Horologias tou Synchronou Theologikou Dialogou [in Greek], Kleronomia, 4 (1972): 162-164.
'Het tweede Vaticaans Concilie naar orthodoxe opvatting', Het Christelijk Oosten, 25 (1973): 95-111.
'Die Einheit der Kirche als Auftragsmoglichkeit heute', Kleronomia 6 (1974): 153-168.
'Die Entwicklung der Ekklesiologie in der neueren griechisch-orthodoxen Theologie', Catholica, 28 (1974): 1-12.
'Monchtum und Spiritualitat', Internationale katholische Zeitschrift, (1974), 4: 326-333.
'The Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement', Australian Catholic Record, 54 (1977) 2: 107-118.
'Eine Reihe von theologischen Arikeln in der Monatsschrift', Voice of Orthodoxy, Sydney: 1979.
'The Theological Dialogue Between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics: Problems and Prospects' [in Greek] in Aristoteleio Panepistemio Thessalonikes Epistemonike Epeterida Theologikes Scholes 29 (1988): 9-31.
'The principal presuppositions and consequences of the Creed' in Memorial du Saint Concile oecumenique (Constantinople 381) (Konstantinopel 1983): 267-276.
'The Ethos of Halki' [in Greek], Kleronomia, 26 (1994): 105-120.
'Grace and Glory', Sourozh 56 (1994): 17-20.
'Memory of Metropolitan Iakovos of Iconium' [in Greek], Ekklesia (1995): 154-157.
'Der Offizielle Dialog zwischen der Romischkatholischen und der Orthodoxen Kirche', Orthodoxes Forum 2.3 (1989): 149-164.
'Faith and Culture' in Armos, 1985: 2015-2021
Book reviews in refereed journals
'On the Problem of the Teaching Authority in the Church', (Critical Review on Hans Kung's book Infallible?), Kleronomia 3(1971): 95-110
Articles in non-refereed journals
Too numerous to mention all publications – below is only a selection from the last three years. There are at least over 200 articles from the Voice of Orthodoxy alone, a monthly Archdiocesan publication, in which an article from His Eminence has appeared every month since its commencement in 1980.
'Two Kinds of Circumcision'. Voice of Orthodoxy 28 (2006): 1-3.
'Gratitude and Ingratitude'. Voice of Orthodoxy 28 (2006): 13-14 & 27-28.
'Theology and Popular Piety'. Voice of Orthodoxy 28 (2006): 37-39.
'Turning the Page!' Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 1-3.
'Great Lent: The Identity of the Orthodox'. Voice of Orthodoxy 27 (20005) 17-19.
Easter Encyclical, Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 31-32.
'The ‘Judgments’ of God' Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 41-43.
'To His Own Town' Voice of Orthodox 27.6 (2005) 41-43.
'Kollyva' Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 65-67.
'Christ and Heraclitus', Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 77-79
'Kissing the Hand' Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 89-91.
'The Divine Liturgy of St James, the Brother of the Lord' Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 101-104.
'The Undivided ‘Common-Wealth’ of the Apostles' Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 113-115.
Christmas Encyclical, Voice of Orthodox 27 (2005) 126-127.
'The Three Hierarchs' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/1 (2004):1-3.
'The Incredibly Philanthropic Pedagogy of Christ' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/2 (2004):13-15.
'The Abolition of Class' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/4 (2004): & 26/5 (2004): 49-51.
'Bravery in God' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/6 (2004): 61-63 & 26/7 (2004), pp.73-75.
'The Dominance of Laziness' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/8 (2004): 85-87.
'Divided Man – Divided People' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/9 (2004): 97-99.
'"An Angel of Peace, A Faithful Guide, A Guardian of our Souls and Bodies, Let us Ask of the Lord"' in Voice of Orthodoxy 26/10 (2004):109-111.
'Time to Check the Balance Sheets' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/1-2 (2003): 1-2.
'The Salutations to the Mother of God' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/3 (2003): 21-24.
'Virtue in Christ: A Gift and an Obligation' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/5 and 25/6 (2003): 44-47 & 57-59.
'The Fiery Saint' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/7 (2003): 69-72.
'Sinai and Tabor' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/1-2 (2003): 81-84.
'The Fiery Person' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/9 (2003): 93-96.
'The Cares of this Life' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/10 (2003): 1-2.
'The Communion of the Saints' in Voice of Orthodoxy, 25/11 (2003): 117-119.
'Direction and Responsibility' in VEMA (Jan, 2003): 25 & 30.
'Restraining Factors and Problems' in VEMA (Feb, 2003): 25.
'The Cry of a Modern-Day Lysistrata' in VEMA (Mar, 2003): 25.
'Ancestral Reverence and Ancestral Shock' in VEMA (Apr, 2003): 37.
'The False Primacy of Fantasying' (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (May, 2003): 21.
'The Dangerous "comfort zone" of utopia' (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (Jun, 2003): 21.
'The Irreverence of Utopia' (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (Jul, 2003): 33.
'Bravado and humiliations' (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (Aug, 2003): 21-22.
'The Narcissism of Posthumous Recognition' (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (Sept, 2003): 21.
'The Most Dangerous "Deus ex Machina" (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (Nov, 2003): 26.
''Synaxis' instead of 'Synod': An unprecedented Substitution' (part of Fantasy and Reality series) in VEMA (Nov, 2003): 27.
'From Hypocrisy to Blatant Mockery' in VEMA (Dec, 2003): 35-36.
'Orthologismos kai Orthophrosyne', Philologos, Winter Edition (2003): 497-500.
'For Those Who Bear Fruit and Nurture The Soil', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/1-2 (2002): 1-2
'Anatomy of A Double Orphanhood', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/3 (2002): 17-20.
'An Innocent Prisoner', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/4 (2002): 41-43.
'Salvific Thirst', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/5-6 (2002): 53-56 & 65-67.
'The Signifier and the Signified', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/7 (2002):77-79.
'The Forthright Quality Of The Saint', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/8-9 (2002): 89-91 & 101-103.
'Those Brave in God', Voice in Orthodoxy, 24/10 (2002): 109-111.
'Thessalonica: the 'Place' Par Excellence of Orthodox Theology', Ekklesia 11(1997): 520-523.
Creative works Poetic Works
Choma kai Stahte [in Greek]. Athens, 1978.
Paralerema [in Greek]. Athens, 1979.
Apo Phylakes Proias [in Greek]. Athens, 1980.
Eis Ota Akouonton [in Greek]. Athens, 1981.
Aparakletoi Kairoi [in Greek]. Athens, 1982.
E Oikeioteta ton Ainigmaton [in Greek]. Athens, 1983.
Tropika Idiomela [in Greek]. Thessalonika, 1984.
Merolepsies [in Greek]. Thessalonika, 1985.
En Ge Allotria I [in Greek]. Athens, 1985.
E Amyna ton Nepion [in Greek]. Thessalonika, 1986.
Portraita tou Nerou [in Greek]. Thessalonika, 1987.
Heria Skias [in Greek]. Thessalonika, 1988.
Diakrise Pneumaton [in Greek]. Thessalonika, 1989.
Nostalgia Parametron [in Greek]. Athens, 1990.
En Ge Allotria II [in Greek]. Athens, 1990.
E Alle Ekdohe [in Greek]. Athens, 1991.
Ste Dokime tou Phegous [in Greek]. Athens, 1992.
Spasmenoi Syneirmoi [in Greek]. Athens, 1993.
Ygra Topia [in Greek]. Athens, 1994.
Fireworks and Sparrows Sydney, 1994.
Tephres Aktes [in Greek]. Athens, 1995.
En Ge Allotria III [in Greek]. Athens, 1996.
To Algos tes Parresias [in Greek]. Athens, 1996.
Metretes Algedones [in Greek]. Athens, 1997.
Epiphylaxeis [in Greek]. Athens, 1998.
Litaneia Chromaton [in Greek]. Athens, 1999.
Ombria Ydata [in Greek]. Athens, 2000.
E Dome ton Chrystallon [in Greek]. Athens, 2001.
O Bathmos tes Ekplexeos [in Greek]. Athens, 2001.
Nerosyrmoi [in Greek]. Athens, 2002.
Australian Passport. Sydney, 2002.
Oi Protes Yles [in Greek]. Athens, 2003.
En Ainigmati kai en Esoptro [in Greek]. Athens, 2004.
Mother. A Moving Reflection of God. Adelaide, 2005.
Spelaiode Topia [in Greek]. Athens, 2005.
Mother: A Moving Reflection of God. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2005.
Skeve Kerameos [in Greek]. Athens, 2006.
Articles
'Language and Poetry', in Indiktos, 2000.
'Ta Demetria [in Greek]', Nea Poreia (1974): 155-157.
'Contemporary Man and Modern Poetry', Nea Poreia (1968): 5-19.
Professional standing (last five years only)
Conferences attended
Theodicy and Eschatology, Australian Theological Forum, 2003.
International Symposium on Theology and Aesthetics, Sydney, 2002.
National Youth Conferences (1st – 8th), 1982-2001.
State Youth Conferences (1st – 8th), 1983-2001.
Annual Lecture to mark the anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople, Sydney, May, 1998
Conference papers
'Theology and Eschatology: An Orthodox Fundamental Viewpoint', Australian Theological Forum, Melbourne, 2003.
'Poetry and Dogma in the writings of St Andrew of Crete', paper, Greece, May, 2003.
'The Word of God and the Word of Man', inaugural lecture, International Symposium on Theology and Aesthetics, Sydney, May, 2002.
'The Dogmatic Foundation of Christian Identity', 8th National Youth Conference, Melbourne, 2001.
'Xenos and Philoxenia in Greek Orthodox Tradition', 2nd Greek Australian Cultural Forum, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, 2000.
'The Mystery of Person in Human Adventure' 1st Greek Australian Cultural Forum, Sydney, 2005.
Participation in church, government and industry bodies
Primate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, 1975-
Metropolitan of Militoupolis and Exarch (Representative), of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Mount Athos, 1970-1974.
Media commentary
Numerous radio interviews and messages, SBS Radio.
Interview, Antenna 1 Pacific.
Interview, John Cleary's Sunday Night Live, ABC.
Interview, The Weekend Australian, 11-12 Jan, 2003.
Interview, Kosmos newspaper, Sydney, 2002.
Interview, many magazine of Greece including Bestseller, Ethnos, Philologos, Ena, Nea Poreia.
Many articles in Kyriakatike Eleftherotypia, Vema of Greece.EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING (last five years only)
Administrative leadership
Dean, St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, 1986- present
Course co-ordination, development of curriculum and teaching methodology
Coordinator of Theology, St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, 1986- present
CONTRIBUTION TO INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE (last five years only)
Membership of committees and bodies in the SCD
Member, Sydney College of Divinity Ltd
Membership of committees and bodies in the Member Institution
Chair, Council, St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College
Chair, Faculty, St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College
Chair, Admissions Committee, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological CollegeSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, PROFESSION AND CHURCH (last five years only)
Official church appointments
Co-Chairman, Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Church, 1980-2003
Co-Chairman, Theological Dialogue between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the Uniting Church of Australia, 1980- present
Pastoral responsibilities
Primate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, 1975- present
Membership of community bodies
Member, Council of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
President, St Basil's Homes for the Aged, Lakemba
President, ProviCare Foundation
President, Estia Foundation
President, St Spyridon College, All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School, and St Euphemia College
