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*1930s: [[Metropolitan]] [[Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Rhodes|Timotheos of Australia and New Zealand]] contemplates possibility of establishing theological institution.
*1950s: [[Ordination]]s of clergy take place in Australasia. Metropolitan [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand|Theophylactos of Australia and New Zealand]] considers possibility of establishing an ecclesiastical seminary.
*1959: Archbishop [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel of Australia]] gives thought to establishing an ecclesiastical seminary. Appoints a committee for the St Andrew's War Memorial Theological College Fund, which receives a donation from Sir Arthur George and Michael Papsalis; however, nothing becomes of this, as it is out of the reach of the Greek Orthodox in Australia at that time, and the donation is used to cover ongoing operating costs.
*1975: Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]], on arrival in Australia, focuses on establishing a tertiary theological college.
*1981 Jan: At the Fourth Clergy-Laity Congress, Sydney, Archbishop Stylianos requests and gains support for the beginning of a theological college.
*1982: During the official visit to Australia of Constantine Karamanlis, president of Greece, Archbishop Stylianos asked help to establish a church seminary. Karamanlis asks for a feasibility study to be done by the end of his visit. However, the Speaker of the House, A Kaklamanis, ignored, then rejected the letter on the grounds that the Church should care for ecclesiastical education, not the government. In response<!-- probably around 1984 -->, Archbishop Stylianos decided to reenergise the St Andrew's Brotherhood, so that all clergy, making annual donations, would set an example for the laity.
*1984 May: Archbishop Stylianos appoints an interim committee to consider and suggest ways of beginning the college, and to prepare the curriculum.
*1984 Dec: On receipt of the report of the interim committee, three committees are established (building, administrative and academic).
*1985: Archbishop Stylianos sends letter to 1000 friends and acquaintences asking for $1000 donation. $350000 was collected and allowed the Archdiocese to make a deposit on a property in Caringbah.:With enough academically qualified and already-lecturing Orthodox, Sir Arthur George signed an agreement at the 5th Clergy-Laity conference (Brisbane) to provide the funds for the first stage of development. The donation of $250000 was used to renovating and modifying buildings at the Archdiocese by creating lecture rooms, domitories for interstate students, an office, a library and a common room.*1986 Feb: College opens. Metropolitan Maximos of Stavropoulos (Dean of Halki) and Premier Neville Wran (NSW) are present. Tuition is conducted for residential male students only. No fee is charged, and (by agreement) no wage is paid to the lecturers. The Bachelor of Theology is a four-year degree, in line with equivalent degrees in Greece.
*1990s (late): College changes structure of Bachelor of Theology degree to a three-year degree (in line with equivalent degrees in Australia) with a compulsory fourth year of honours or postgraduate work.
*2001 Jun: St Andrew's Orthodox Press established to produce ''The Greek-Australian Vema'', the newspaper of the Archdiocese, with thelong-term view of publishing works of the faculty.
==Influence==
As the sole Orthodox theological college of its kind in the southern hemisphere, St. Andrew's has taught not only the clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, but also a sizeable number from other jurisdictions in Australia, most numerously of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese]].
==Recent News==
The College recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
==Faculty==
*Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia]], BD, DD, ThD HC. 1986-present.**Dean of St Andrew's**, 1986-Present, Full-time lecturer in Systematic Theology.*Bishop [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias|Seraphim (Ginis)]], BD (Hons). 1991-present.**Sub-Dean of St Andrew's**(1995-present), Full-time lecturer in Liturgical Studies and [[Canon Law]].
*Philip Kariatlis, BA, BTh, MTh.
**Former Registrar, 1995-1999.
**Academic secretary
**Full-time associate lecturer in Systematic Theology, 2000-present.
*Dcn Sophronios Konidaris, BTh.
**Chaplain
*Anastasios Kalogerakis, BBus, BTh. 2000-present.
**Registrar
*James Athanasou, LittB, MA, PhD, DipEd, MAPS.
**Editor of Phronema, 1995-present.**Sessional lecturer in Christian Education, 1999-present.*Rev. Dr. Doru Costache, BA, PhD. 2005-present.
**Sessional lecturer in [[Church Fathers|Patristic]] Studies.
*Guy Freeland, BA (Hons), PhD, CertHist&PhilSci.
**Sessional lecturer in Liturgical Studies (Church Symbolism and [[Iconography]]) and [[Hermeneutics]], 1986-present*Rev. Alan Galt, MA. 1990-2001; 2003-present.
**Part-time lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Practise
*Rachael Goth, BA (Hons), MTh. 2001-2003; 2005-present.
**Sessional lecturer in [[New Testament]] Greek
*Dimitri Kepreotes, BA, BTh, MTh.
**Former Registrar, 1992-1994.**Part-time associate lecturer in Modern Greek and Christian Education(2001-present).
*Gerasimos Koutsouras, BA, MA, MTh.
**Lectures in Church History, Byzantine Music (2003, 2005-present) and Modern Greek(since 2005).*John Lee, BA (Hons), PhD. 1986-present.**Sessional lecturer in Advanced New Testament Greek.*Rev. John McSweeney, STB, SSL. 1999-present.**Sessional lecturer in New Testament Studies.*Ken Parry, BA (Hons), PhD. 2002-present.
**Sessional lecturer in Church History (Early)
*Very Rev. Steven Scoutas, BD (Hons). 1995-present.
**Sessional lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Practise (Priestly Formation)
*Rev. Constantine Varipatis, BComm, BTh, MTh (Hons). 2004-present.
**Lectures in Pastoral Theology and Practise
*Rev. Dr. Raymond Williamson. 1992-2002; 2005-present.*Chris Harvey, AssocDipLibPract. 1997-present.
**Librarian
===Former Faculty===
*Fr. [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]] ([[Monk]]), 1986-1999.
**Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Early Church History and Biblical Hebrew.
*The late Antonios Aristodemou. 1986-2000.
**Lecturer in Byzantine Music.
*V. Rev. Dr. Gabriel Popescu. 1986-2001.
**Lecturer in Pastoral Theology.
*V. Rev. Miltiades Chryssavgis. 1986-1995.
**Lecturer in Liturgics, Byzantine Music and Pastoral Theology
*Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis. 1986-1995.
**Sub-Dean, Lecturer in Church History and Patristics.
*The late Archimandrite Leonidas.
**Lecturer in Canon Law.
*Mrs Julie Anthony. 1986-1992.
*Prof Dimitri Conomos. 1986-1987.
*Dr Harry Simmons. 1986-1987.
*Miss Crystal Condous. 1986.
*Archimandrite [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand|Joseph (Harkiolakis)]]. 1987-1990.
*Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Peterson. 1987-1989.
*Mr Francis Charleton. 1987-1989.
*Mr Francis Livesey. 1987.
*Rev. Paul Connors. 1988-1990.
*Miss Anne Hocking. 1989-1995.
*Prof Vasilios Istavridis. 1992.
*V. Rev. George Vassiliadis. 1993-2005.
*Miss Niki Papadopoulos. 1993-1994.
*Dr Vrasidas Karalis. 1995-2003.
==External links==
* [http://www.analogion.com/school.html School of Byzantine Music] under the auspices of the College.
