St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College
in Surry Hills, AustraliaCategory: Attraction
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St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College is an Eastern Orthodox Christian seminary located in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a full-member institution of the Sydney College of Divinity, a federation of theological educational institutions each operated by different Christian denominations. It is the only accredited Orthodox tertiary institution of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.St Andrew's is an institution of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. The current dean is Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis.
Archbishop Stylianos proposed the establishment of a theological college during the fourth clergy-laity congress in 1981. The delegates adopted his resolution for this urgent proposal and building, administrative and academic committees were formed. There was need for a theological school that would be primarily dedicated to theological study in co-operation with other theological colleges. It was hoped that a centre of theological reflection and ecumenical dialogue would be created, offering the Orthodox world-view and perspective with great scriptural commentaries, the writings of the Greek Fathers, the Orthodox liturgy, iconography and spirituality. The college opened in 1986 with Archbishop Stylianos as the inaugural dean. He continues in that role at present, as well as being a lecturer in systematic theology.
