Ordination

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 he will also serve as the assistant parish priest to the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Fr Steven Scoutas.

 

Introducing the Master of Greek Philosophy

Greek philosophy remains foundational to the history of ideas in the Western and Eastern traditions. It has shaped disciplines as diverse as theology, ethics, politics, science, and metaphysics. In particular, the writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the later Hellenistic and Byzantine philosophers have exercised enduring influence on Christian theology, especially in the Patristic and medieval Byzantine periods.

The Master of Greek Philosophy cultivates advanced capacity for critical engagement with the key figures, texts, and ideas of the ancient and Byzantine Greek philosophical tradition, preparing graduates to integrate these insights in further scholarly research, higher education, ministry, or other cultural and professional spheres.