What we are about

What is the role of a new Press in today's world?

Is it to cater for the smallest niche market, in the ever-growing shadow of the world wide web?

Is it to fight a dying battle amidst the plethora of electronic gadgets that seem to say 'internet is in, printed books are out'?

St Andrew's Orthodox Press went into educational publishing as recently as 2005.

It did so with a firm belief that there will always be a need for good, tangible publications that people can pick up from the bookshelf or leave on the coffee table. To keep the hard-copy photographs that they contain. To find a loved one's hand-written dedication in the first two pages of the book given long ago. To allow even the smell of the pages to transport the reader's mind somewhere else.

Look at the biggest newsagencies if you need proof that the printed medium is not on the way out. They are lined wall to wall with dozens of glossy magazines, the number of which only seems to be increasing.

Our Press has another reason to exist. That reason is evident in its very name: it is an Orthodox Press. In other words, it is an extension of the Orthodox Church. Everything that the Church aspires to do (in terms of catechism, education, sanctification), should also be the aspiration of the Press established by it.

It is an Australian Press. As such, it has put in place the primary goal of publishing translations of Orthodox Services in contemporary English together with the Greek originals.

The Press also proudly shares its name and premises with St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, Sydney. That means it has an eye on publishing the works of its lecturers and its brightest graduates for the benefit of the academic community worldwide.