Lecturer: Christian Discipleship

                                                                                  E-mail: frnemanja@scmoi.edu.au

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Fr. Nemanja (b. 1983) graduated from the University of Western Sydney with BA in History, Politics and Philosophy. He then received the foundational theological training at the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the Belgrade University (Serbia) and earned his MA in Theology from St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney. He received GCA in Church History from the St Cyril’s Coptic Orthodox Theological College in Sydney. He was awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree by the University of Divinity, Melbourne.

 

Fr. Nemanja is a parish rector at the Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthdoox Church in Blacktown (Sydney), he continues to teach Orthodox scripture classes in several primary schools and high schools in Sydney and serves as a coordinator for Special Religious Education of Serbian Orthodox Church in New South Wales. In 2016 and 2024 he was rewarded by the NSW Department of Education for his exceptional catechetical labor in public schools. He is the author of Orthodoxy ABC textbooks for Years 1, 3, 4 and 6 of primary Special Religious Education program in Australia. He teaches Christian discipleship and Pastoral theology units at SCMOI since 2019.

 

 He published widely in peer-reviewed journals and various ecclesial and secular publications, authored five books, including a book of poetry. He did some translating and editing work in the field of theology and history.

For over twenty years he served as an associate and lately as a vice-director of the Centre for Research of Orthodox Monarchism. He is an associate of the International Centre for Orthodox Studies.

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