News & Events

18 June 2024

Public Lecture Following the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Synod in 325AD, Fr Anastasios Bozikis, Associate Lecturer in Church History presented a short lecture at the SOFIA Orthodox Fellowship at the University of NSW on the 18th June 2024 entitled ‘Creed, Canons and a Calendar: The First...

6 June 2024

Public Lecture On Thursday, 6 June 2024, Fr Anastasios Bozikis, Associate Lecturer in Church history delivered a talk to the Fellowship Group of St Nectarios Church in Burwood on ‘Justinian: Emperor and Saint.’ It traced the extraordinary career of this sixth century Byzantine ruler and his wife, the Empress St...

3 June 2024

Constantinople 1453: Beginning or End? Our Faculty Member, Dr Andrew Mellas, recently participated in the ‘Byzantine Month’ at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection (Kogarah) on ‘The Legacy of Byzantium: Theology, Hellenism and Civilisation’. On 9 May, Dr Mellas delivered a guest lecture exploring the reception of Alexander the...

1 May 2024

Faculty Publication The journal of the Gregorian University in Rome has published an article by Sr Margaret Beirne, “Acts 15, a Spirit-led model for the Synod process” (on which the above address was based) in Gregorianum 105, 2 (2024) 283-298. The 2024 Gregoranium Journal 105/2 is available in and

22 March 2024

Public Lecture on Sunday of Orthodoxy As part of the Lenten Series of Talks at Our Lady of Myrtles (Kogarah) Fellowship, on 21 March 2024, our Faculty Member, Dr Andrew Mellas, presented a reflection and led a discussion on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Dr Mellas reflected on the tumultuous period of Iconoclasm in Byzantium and the crisis...

20 March 2024

Public Lecture The Byzantine Music School of Australia, founded under the leadership of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, recently held it’s First National Conference for Teachers, Students and Chanters, where Mr Basilios Psilacos made a presentation via zoom titled "A Personal Reflection on...

19 March 2024

Public Lecture On Sunday 17 March, on Cheesefare Sunday, Assoc. Prof. Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of our College gave a talk at the Orthodox Café at the Parish of St Stylianos Gymea entitled, “Forgiveness, Fasting and Philanthropy—Our Means of Ascent Towards the Crucified and Risen Christ.”

15 March 2024

Resolutions in relation to the Recent Granting of an Eparchial Synod for the Church in Australia The Faculty of St Andrew’s Unanimously Passed Three Resolutions in relation to the Recent Granting of an Eparchial Synod for the Church in Australia. At their Academic Board meeting today—Thursday 14th March, 2024—the Faculty of St Andrew’s unanimously passed three resolutions which expressed...

11 March 2024

Occasional Lecture Occasional Lecture delivered to Students of St Andrew’s Theological College to Mark the Recent Historic Decision of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to Grant the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia the Right to be Governed by an EPARCHIAL SYNOD On Friday 8...

29 November 2023

St Andrew's Open Day via ZOOM On Tuesday 28 November, St Andrew’s hosted a second ‘Open Day’ event, this time via Zoom in order to welcome prospective students from around Australia and abroad. About 25 potential applicants joined faculty, current students and alumni for an introduction to the study of theology and course...