News & Events

8 October 2024
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: First Recipient of an Ecclesiastical Honorary Doctoral Award by St Andrew’s Theological College
On Saturday, 5 October 2024, St Andrew’s Theological College conferred its first ever ecclesiastical honorary doctorate upon His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The ceremony began impressively, with a formal procession of Council and Faculty members led into the auditorium of the...
19 September 2024
Conferral of an Ecclesiastical Honorary Doctorate to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
On Saturday 5th October, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, with the blessing of our President and Dean His Eminence Archbishop Makarios will hold a service of conferral of an honorary doctorate award upon His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who whill be visiting...
16 September 2024
Ordination
On Sunday 15 September, the Sunday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross, College alumnus Deacon Ignatius Hanna was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, in the Church of St...
9 September 2024
The Apostle Paul: A Short Course Symposium
With the blessing of our College President and Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, St Andrew's recently hosted a Crash Course Symposium on the Apostle Paul, featuring a series of seminars delivered by His Grace Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis (Patriarchate of Africa; Head of the...
9 September 2024
Visit to St Nectarios Church, Burwood
As part of their Formation Program, students of St Andrew’s visited St Nectarios Church, Burwood on Friday, 6th September. The Parish Priest, Fr George Liangas welcomed them and gave a short tour of the historic Church presenting the relics of St Nectarios for veneration. A talk followed on ‘The...
26 August 2024
Residential Formation Program
On Friday, 23rd August His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis visited the College and addressed the students as part of their Formation Program. His Grace reflected on the calling to the priesthood and shared many aspects of his own personal journey firstly, as a layman and theology student, then...
12 August 2024
Oxford Patristics Conference
Our Faculty Members, Andrew Mellas and Sophia Theodoratos, recently attended and presented papers at the 19th International Conference on Patristic Studies at the University of Oxford (5–9 August 2024). Dr Mellas was part of a session on Monastic and Lay Piety in Greek and Syriac Hymnography, and...

Conferral of an Ecclesiastical Honorary Doctorate

On Saturday 5th October, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, with the blessing of our President and Dean His Eminence Archbishop Makarios will hold a service of conferral of an honorary doctorate award upon His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who whill be visiting Australia on the occasion of the centenary anniversary since the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Antipodes.

The Administrative Council of St Andrew’s Theological College passed this unanimous motion to pay tribute to the thirty-three-year Patriarchal tenure of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the consummate contribution that His All-Holiness has made to Orthodox theology... read more

Dean's Welcome

“Come O faithful, let us labour with zeal for Christ our God”

I take this opportunity to welcome all those who may be exploring possibilities for studying at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College.

Studying at the College will pave the way for many opportunities: whether you are considering ordination to the priesthood or various types of lay diakonia, within the Church, for the building up of Christ’s body, you are most warmly invited to “come and see.” ...read more

Theology & Life: Faculty Reflections

Dear Friends of St Andrew's,

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Accreditation

St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College is a Member of the Sydney College of Divinity (SCD). The SCD is accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) as an Australian University College on the National Register for Providers and Courses. It is registered with the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS Provider: 02948J). It is approved by the Commonwealth for FEE-HELP loans to eligible students.

Financial Aid and scholarships

Most students are eligible for...

The FEE-HELP federal government loan scheme is available as a means of paying for your tuition. It may assist eligible students to pay for all or...

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