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News & Updates : Year: 2021
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DR. PATITSAS INTERVIEWED FOR BRAZILIAN DOCUMENTARY
learn moreOn December 13, a film crew from Brazil’s largest independent documentary film company, Brasil Paralelo, came to the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology to interview Dr. Timothy Patitsas for a project on the role of beauty in urban regeneration. The making of the documentary is motivated by the desire to see real change come to the favelas (slums) of Brazil, in which more than eleven million people currently live. Dr. Patitsas is the interim Dean of Hellenic College, Director of the Religious Studies Program, and Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics. He is garnering international...
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HOLY CROSS PROFESSORS OPEN DRE SPEAKER SERIES
learn moreOn Sunday, December 19, the Department of Religious Education will present the first program in its new Speaker Series. Dr. James C. Skedros, Michael G. and Anastasia Cantonis Professor of Byzantine Studies, and Rev. Dr. Eugen Pentiuc, Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins, will give a biblical-historical presentation on the birth of Christ. A Q&A will follow, moderated by HIs Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos.
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DR. LEWIS PATSAVOS RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE
learn moreOn December 3, Dr. Lewis Patsavos, Professor of Canon Law emeritus at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. The conferral of this high and rare honor was within the framework of a two-day conference marking the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Institute’s Faculty of Canon Law. The mission of the Institute is to pursue research, teaching, and publishing related to the traditions of the Eastern Churches in all their aspects, including canon law. Over the course of his long, distinguished career, Dr. Patsavos has...
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REV. DR. PENTIUC PUBLISHES NEW WORK
learn moreRev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, has published a new book, Hearing the Scriptures: Liturgical Exegesis of the Old Testament in Byzantine Orthodox Hymnography (Oxford University Press, 2021). This work is the first comprehensive lexical-biblical-theological analysis of selected Byzantine Orthodox hymns for Holy Week. The author, an internationally recognized biblical scholar and theologian, examines various ways in which Scriptures, primarily Old Testament texts, have been read and interpreted by Byzantine hymnographers. Holy Week hymnography serves as a case study. According to Fr. Pentiuc, “liturgical...
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MISSIONS WEEK 2021
learn moreAn annual highlight of the fall semester is Missions Week, co-sponsored by the Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity at HCHC and the student-run Missions Committee. Invited missionaries from around the globe spend a week on campus interacting with students and speaking about their work both formally and informally. The week is capped by the annual EFOM (Endowment Fund for Orthodox Missions) Lecture. The year's Missions Week began on Monday, November 1, and featured Steven Christoforou, who works with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Youth and Young Adult Ministries and is passionate about sharing the Gospel in a clear and accessible way...
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HIS GRACE BISHOP JOACHIM OF AMISSOS PRESENTS PAPER AT DUMBARTON OAKS COLLOQUIUM
learn moreOn October 29, 2021, His Grace Bishop Joachim of Amissos presented a paper entitled “The Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals” in the Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard Center for Byzantine Studies) day-long, virtual, international colloquium Seals and Society in the Medieval World. The colloquium was held to mark the recent completion of the Dumbarton Oaks Online Catalogue of Byzantine Seals (for the online catalogue of approximately 17,000 seals, go to https://www.doaks.org/resources/seals). The participants included seal specialists dealing with Byzantine, Western medieval, and Middle Eastern medieval seals in order to promote comparisons and scholarly exchanges that addressed the different cultural approaches in the...
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HCHC COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES IN U.S. VISIT OF HIS ALL-HOLINESS
learn moreA large contingent of Hellenic College Holy Cross students, faculty, and administrators traveled to New York City on Saturday, October 30, to attend a luncheon with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The event took place at the Marriott Marquis hotel and was sponsored by Leadership 100, whose programs support the well-being of clergy and their families, the students and seminarians of HCHC, and other ministries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. At the luncheon, a magnificent icon was presented to His All-Holiness by Jonathan Cadez, president of HCHC's Student Government Association. Joining Jonathan for the presentation were Fr. George...
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Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States
learn moreFollow the Apostolic Visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the US and read his speeches and homilies.
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LITERARY EVENT BRINGS GREEK ANATOLIA TO LIFE THROUGH NEW TRANSLATION
learn moreOn October 27, author, translator, and Modern Greek scholar Dr. Therese Sellers gave a reading from her English translation of Ilias Venezis' Land of Aeolia, a lyrical memoir of Venezis' childhood in Asia Minor before the First World War. Dr. Sellers' skillful translation and animated reading of passages from it brought to vibrant life the lost world of Greek Anatolia. The reading took place at the Maliotis Cultural Center and was sponsored by the New York Life Center for the Study of Hellenism in Pontus and Asia Minor at Hellenic College Holy Cross, which promotes the study of Hellenism in...
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HIS GRACE BISHOP GERASIMOS OF ABYDOS HONORED AT HCHC CONFERENCE
learn moreOn October 19 and 20, Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology hosted a conference titled Reflections on the Beloved Elder in America: Gerasimos Papadopoulos at which some of Orthodoxy's finest scholars paid tribute to an extraordinary figure in the life of the Church. His Grace Bishop Gerasimos of blessed memory was much loved for his personal qualities of deep piety and humility and greatly esteemed for his writings. He taught and resided at HCHC for many years until his passing in 1995, fittingly on the Feast of the Holy Spirit. His Grace was laid to rest behind...