His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia
Staff Position:
Lecturer in Liturgical Studies
Biography:
His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia is a sessional lecturer of St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, having served as its Sub-Dean from 1995-2019. After attending and studying Theology at the University of Salonika, he continued with post-graduate studies at the faculty of Practical Theology at the same University. He was ordained a deacon in 1975 and a priest at the end of the same year, serving for four years at the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain before being appointed as parish priest to the Metropolis of Nea Krini and Kalamaria. In 1986, the late Archbishop Stylianos invited him to Australia and appointed him parish priest at the Archdiocesan Church of St. Eustathios. In 1991 he was unanimously elected a bishop by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, with the honorary title of Apollonias, and took up this role in the Central Offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Sydney. In October 2019, he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Metropolitan of Sevasteia.
Academic Classification: Lecturer, BD (Thessalonica, 1971)
Employment Status: Sessional
Subject Area: Liturgical Studies
Recognized Participation in Consultancy Projects
Liturgical consultant for the Committee for the Translation of Liturgical Texts, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and its recent publications through St Andrew’s Orthodox Press entitled Holy Baptism (2008), The Divine Liturgy (Fourth Reprint 2011), Funeral Service (2011), and Marriage Service (2014).
Participation in Church, Government and Industry Bodies (until 2019)
Chair, First Circuit Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, NSW District
Co-Vice President, Archdiocesan Council
Member, Board of Directors, St Basil’s Homes for the Aged (Lakemba NSW)
Member, NSW Ecumenical Council
Member, National Council of Churches in Australia
Trustee, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust
Editorial Board Member of a Non-Refereed Journal or Publication (until 2019)
Editor, Voice of Orthodoxy
Editorial Board, Greek-Australian VEMA newspaper
Member, Publishing Committee of the Directory of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Administrative Leadership
Sub-Dean, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, 1995 – 2019
Course Co-Ordination, Development of Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (until 2019)
General curriculum overview, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College
Coordinator of Liturgical Studies, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College
Tertiary Teaching
SCD: L7100A Introduction to Christian Worship
Membership of SCD Committees and Bodies (until 2019)
Member, Sydney College of Divinity Ltd
Membership of MI Committees and Bodies
Member, Council (until 2019)
Member, Faculty Board
Member, Admissions Committee (until 2019)
Activities within the Academic Department (until 2019)
Overview of daily administration.
Spiritual/Priestly formation of seminarians.
Organisation of events, functions, and fundraisers.
Official Church Appointments
Assistant Bishop, Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Districts of NSW, QLD and ACT, 1991-2019
Titular Metropolitan, Ecumenical Patriarchate, October 2019
