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News & Updates : Author: Emanuel Sabau
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MALIOTIS CULTURAL CENTER TO HOST MAJOR EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING GREEK REVOLUTION
learn moreFrom March 30-October 15, 2021, The Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross will be the first venue to host an important traveling and online exhibition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The Greek Revolution through American Eyes is the fruit of a partnership between the Center and the Dean C. and Zoe S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies of Stockton University. The exhibition explores the common themes binding Greece and the United States in Greece's pursuit of liberty and also examines the formation of US identity in the nation's first fifty years....
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KALLINIKEION INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2021 COURSES
learn moreThe Kallinikeion Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross is an online, intensive Modern Greek language program, offering three courses (Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced) taught by current or former members of the HCHC faculty. The 2021 program, which is open to both HCHC and non-HCHC students, will run from Monday, May 17, to Friday, June 11. Each student will earn six academic credits upon successful completion of the ninety-hour syllabus. Classes are limited to 15 students. Students enrolled full-time at HCHC are eligible for scholarships on a first-come-first-served basis. Tuition for students not enrolled at HCHC is $4,000, with some discounts...
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FR. THEODORE DORRANCE OFFERS ONLINE COURSE IN PARISH LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
learn moreAmong the visiting faculty sharing their expertise with Holy Cross students this semester is Rev. Fr. Theodore Dorrance, who is teaching Parish Leadership and Administration, a course required of all Master of Divinity students. Fr. Dorrance received his own MDiv from Holy Cross in 1990 and was ordained to the holy priesthood in 1991. In the four decades since, he has acquired the breadth and depth of experience in parish leadership that make him ideally suited to help prepare current students at his beloved alma mater for their future roles as clergy and lay leaders in the Church. Fr. Dorrance...
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NEW SPRING COURSE OFFERINGS AT HOLY CROSS
learn moreStudents at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology have several new opportunities to broaden their intellectual and spiritual knowledge this spring semester by learning from distinguished visiting scholars. His Grace Bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic), the Bishop of Los Angeles and the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, will offer an elective course in the area of dogmatic theology titled Theology, Economy, and Liturgy: Trinitarian Theology and the Economy of Salvation. His Grace holds a PhD in Dogmatics and Patristics from the University of Athens. He has taught at the University of Belgrade, the University of Sarajevo, and the...
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MARY HARRIS PAPPAS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED FOR FEMALE HELLENIC COLLEGE STUDENTS
learn moreThe Foundation for Hellenic College Holy Cross has announced the establishment of a scholarship in memory of Mary Harris Pappas, whose devotion to her family, academic achievements, love for the Orthodox Church, and desire to improve the lives of others is remembered and carried forward through the generosity of her parents, Harris and Vicky Pappas of Houston, Texas. Beginning in Fall 2021, the scholarship will be awarded annually to an incoming female Hellenic College student for the duration of her degree program. Mary's academic achievements were as varied as they were impressive. She obtained a bachelor's degree from Duke University,...
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SAVAS SEMINARIAN ASSISTANCE FUND ESTABLISHED
learn moreOn October 29, 2020, Mr. Irakli Savas delivered to HCHC, through President George M. Cantonis, the sum of $300,000 for the establishment of an irrevocable fund to be known as the Savas Seminarian Assistance Fund. The purpose of the fund is to help seminarians in need with housing expenses and other costs that are not covered by scholarships. Mr. Savas feels strongly that "for those who will become the future leaders of the Orthodox Church, I--and all of us--should want to help make it easier for them financially with non-tuition needs while they are attending Holy Cross." The idea for...
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HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS CONDUCTS AGHIASMOS AT MALIOTIS CULTURAL CENTER
learn moreOn Thursday, December 3, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross to conduct an aghiasmos (blessing of the waters) at the newly renovated Maliotis Cultural Center. The service was a fitting celebratory symbol of the Center's rebirth after a protracted period of legal difficulties, recently resolved successfully thanks largely to the involvement of His Eminence and HCHC's President, George M. Cantonis. Addressing those gathered for the service, His Eminence said, "Despite the pandemic, the work of our Archdiocese has not stopped, nor will it stop. We continue to perform our work not only...
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DUMBARTON OAKS PUBLISHES NEW VOLUME BY BISHOP JOACHIM OF AMISSOS
learn moreDumbarton Oaks, Harvard University's Center for Byzantine Studies, has announced the newly published volume by His Grace Bishop Joachim (Cotsonis) of Amissos, Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 7: Anonymous, with Bilateral Religious Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks: Washington, DC, 2020). A distinguished and globally recognized Byzantinist, His Grace is Director of HCHC's Archbishop Iakovos Library and Learning Resource Center and a 1979 graduate of Holy Cross. The new volume, which also marks the return of the ongoing print series of Dumbarton Oaks seal catalogues, presents a distinct part of the collection: 572...
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HCHC CLASSES TO CONTINUE ONLINE FOR SPRING SEMESTER
learn moreIn a letter to the Hellenic College Holy Cross community, President George M. Cantonis announced that, in light of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the campus will not reopen for the spring semester and all courses will continue to be taught remotely. The Administration "had held out hope that we could welcome everyone back to campus for in-person classes, worship, and fellowship...and we have explored every avenue for turning that hope into reality." "Unfortunately," President Cantonis continued, "we have come to the inescapable conclusion that to reopen in January would be premature and unwise, given the alarming rise in COVID cases...
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HCHC RECEIVES TWO MILLION EUROS FROM GREEK GOVERNMENT
learn morePresident George M. Cantonis announced today that Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has received a restricted gift of two million euros ($2,388,000) from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America that was given to them by the government of Greece for HCHC. President Cantonis responded to this extraordinary gift by saying, We are profoundly grateful to the government of Greece and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. We are also most thankful to His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America for his tireless efforts on behalf of the College in this and so many other matters." President Cantonis further stated...