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Very Reverend Associate Professor Doru Costache

Education:
  • Doctor of Theology (University of Bucharest, 2000)
  • Bachelor of Theology (University of Bucharest, 1993)
  Ecclesiastical Trajectory:
  • Parish priest (volunteer), Mission of Saint Gregory the Theologian, Mona Vale NSW, Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (2017-)
  • Elevated to the office of protopresbyter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (2013)
  • Clergyman of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (2008-2017)
  • Parish priest at Romanian Orthodox parish ‘Dormition of the Theotokos’ (‘Sfanta Maria’) in Sydney, Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (2004-2008)
  • Assistant priest at parish of Saint Basil in Calea Victoriei, Archdiocese of Bucharest (2001-2004)
  • Ordained presbyter of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Bucharest (24 May 2001)
  • Deacon at parish of Domnita Balasa, Archdiocese of Bucharest (1997-2001)
  • Ordained deacon of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Bucharest (21 January 1997)
  Tertiary Teaching Experience:
  • Senior lecturer in patristic studies, St Cyril’s Coptic Orthodox Theological College (a member institution of the Sydney College of Divinity, Australia; since 2017 to date)
  • Senior lecturer in patristic studies, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College (a member institution of the Sydney College of Divinity, Australia; 2005-2017)
  • Assistant lecturer in systematic theology, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Bucharest (1995-2004)
  • Lecturer in theology and patristics, International Academy for the Study of the History of Religions and Culture, Bucharest (2001-2003)
  • Visiting lecturer in fundamental theology, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Craiova, (2002)
Last modified: May 8, 2024
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