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The '''Melbourne Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Inc.''' (MIOCS) was established in 2003, with a view to offering the tertiary teaching of Orthodox theological studies to both Orthodox and non-Orthodox people. The first subjects were offered in 2004. The [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] has had a large role in establishing and coordinating MIOCS, particularly through [[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Australia)|St. Anna's Convent]], and does so with the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]] Dean of Victoria, Archpriest [[Michael Protopopov]], and the priest of the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] parish in Melbourne, Fr Igor Filianovsky.
MIOCS is an affiliate body of the University of Melbourne, through its United Faculty of Theology (UFT) at Ormond College in Parkville, Victoria.
Students may study at an undergraduate, postgraduate or informal level.
==History==
It was a goal of Metropolitan Archbishop Paul (Saliba) to have locally-based theological education at a tertiary level, for the education of clergy and lay-workers. To that end, he supported the establishment of the Melbourne Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies.
The [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] has had a large role in establishing and coordinating MIOCS, particularly through [[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Australia)|St. Anna's Convent]], and does so with the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]] Dean of Victoria, Archpriest [[Michael Protopopov]], and the priest of the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] parish in Melbourne, Fr Igor Filianovsky.
Established in 2003, the first subjects under the aegis of MIOCS were offered in 2004.
==Faculty and Current Lecturers==
:Visiting Lecturer in ''Introduction to Orthodox Spiritual Life'' and ''Orthodox Spiritual Life'' in 2008.
===Past Faculty and LecturersPresidents of MIOCS===*Dr Christos Galiotis, BTh ([[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|SAGOTC]]), PhD.:President of MIOCS, 2004-05.*Professor Trevor Batrouney, BA, BEd, MEd, PhD.:President of MIOCS, 2005.
*His Eminence Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand.
:''Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand, Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese''
:President of MIOCS, Nov 2005 to 2007.
*Rev. Fr John D'Alton.
:President of MIOCS, 2008 to present.
===Past lecturers===
*His Grace [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion of Sydney]].
:''Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand, ROCOR Diocese of Australia and New Zealand''
:Visiting Lecturer in ''Church Slavonic'' in 2006.
*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], PhD. :Former Lecturer.*Rev. Fr Igor Filianovsky, :''Priest of the Holy Trinity Church , ([[Australian jurisdictions without a local bishop|Moscow Patriarchate]]), Melbourne. '':Former Lecturer.*Rev. Fr Jovan Takovski. :Visiting Lecturer in ''The Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of Theosis'' in 2006.*Dr Christos Galiotis, BTh ([[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|SAGOTC]]), PhD. Former president of MIOCS, 2004-05.
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