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• HCHC RAISES OVER $2.3 MILLION THROUGH CARLOS MATCHING GRANT

  The ninety-day $1 million challenge grant issued by Helen A. Carlos, exemplary Trustee of Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC), has greatly exceeded its goal, raising over $2.3 million dollars in total gifts.  Helen’s intention was to inspire others to take an active interest in providing HCHC with the necessary working capital to advance its strategic initiatives of boosting enrollment, ensuring academic excellence, and enhancing spiritual growth. Donors from across America followed Helen’s lead and multiplied her generosity by contributing over $1.3 million. About a thousand people and several Greek Orthodox parishes from across America responded to the Carlos challenge grant...

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• BISHOP JOACHIM OF AMISSOS LECTURES AT DUMBARTON OAKS

  On July 7, 2023, His Grace Bishop Joachim (Cotsonis) of Amissos, PhD, presented a lecture on the iconography of Byzantine lead seals for the graduate students enrolled in the 2023 Byzantine Coins and Seals Summer Program at Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, DC. His Grace is the Director of HCHC’s Archbishop Iakovos Library and Learning Resource Center and an internationally recognized authority on the iconography of lead seals, of which the Dumbarton Oaks 17,000-specimen collection is the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The presentation covered such topics as the various images found on seals,...

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• FR. PENTIUC INTERVIEWED IN JERUSALEM

  Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins and Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Holy Cross, is in Jerusalem this summer as Scholar-in-Residence at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française (EBAF), one of the premier biblical schools in the world. Fr. Pentiuc was recently interviewed by Fr. Anthony Giambrone, Vice-Director of EBAF, about his long relationship with the school and his research and many publications, past and future: https://www.ebaf.edu/en/

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• FR. CALIVAS RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

  Rev. Dr. Alkiviadis Calivas, Professor Emeritus of Liturgics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and past President of HCHC, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The honor was bestowed upon the unanimous recommendation of the faculty of the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies of the University's School of Theology and by the unanimous consent of the Senate and Chancellor of the University. In accordance with custom, Fr. Calivas as honoree delivered an academic address in Greek. The title of his talk was "Liturgical Renewal and Reform: Some Initial...

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• REV. DR. JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS TO HEAD HUFFINGTON ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE AT HCHC

  Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has been appointed the first Executive Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, effective September 1. He will also rejoin the Holy Cross faculty, of which he was a member from 1995-2002, as Professor of Theology. Upon accepting the appointment, Fr. Chryssavgis said, "I am grateful for the opportunity as the first director of the Huffington Institute to bring back an ecumenical--by which I mean  global--perspective to our School and students through my ministry and experience in the wider Church over the...

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• FRS. O’ROURKE AND MERCADO TO LEAD HCHC’S OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE

  Rev. Fr. Patrick O’Rourke and Very Rev. Archimandrite Bartholomew Mercado have been appointed Dean of Students and Associate Dean of Students, respectively, by HCHC President George M. Cantonis with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Deans of Students play vitally important roles in the life of Hellenic College Holy Cross. They are essential to the fulfillment of the institution's mission, not only by ensuring the quality of campus life for all students in both schools, but also by overseeing priestly and spiritual formation and services in Holy Cross Chapel.  Fr. O’Rourke...

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• HCHC HOLDS 81st COMMENCEMENT

  Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology conducted its 81st Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 20, 2023. The day began with Orthros and Archieratical Divine Liturgy in Holy Cross Memorial Chapel with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America as celebrant. Commencement itself followed in the Maliotis Cultural Center Theater. His Eminence, who is Chairman of HCHC’s Board of Trustees, opened the ceremony with an invocation, after which the Holy Cross St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir led those present in singing "Christ Is Risen" and "Save, O Lord, Your People," followed by the Greek and American national anthems. ...

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• HCHC ANNOUNCES 2023 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

  Three extraordinary individuals will receive honorary doctorates on May 20 at the Commencement exercises of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts. Their very different but equally impressive accomplishments are deserving of this special recognition and the gratitude not only of the institution but of all Greek Orthodox Christians in America. CHARLES AND CONSTANCE COTROS For the very first time, HCHC is presenting a joint honorary degree to two people, Charles and Constance (Connie) Cotros, who have been partners in life for more than sixty years and partners in philanthropy for almost as long. Throughout...

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• GEORGE M. CANTONIS TO STEP DOWN AS HCHC PRESIDENT

  His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Chairman of the Board of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, has with regret accepted the resignation of George M. Cantonis from the position of President of the institution effective August 31, 2023. President Cantonis communicated his intention in a letter to His Eminence and to Fr. Jon Magoulias, Vice-Chair of HCHC’s Board, on April 21. The body of the letter was as follows: Christ is Risen! In this glorious season of our Lord’s Resurrection, I am grateful for His love and support in the ministry I have offered our beloved...

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• HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX PRESS PUBLISHES REFLECTIONS ON THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY UNCTION

  Holy Cross Orthodox Press of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has just published Unto the Healing of Soul and Body: Encouragement for Restoration and Reconciliation in a Broken World by Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis. This collection of reflections on the Sacrament of Holy Unction will provide readers with insights into the Sacrament as celebrated in the Orthodox Church, with particular focus on the readings from Scripture and the many prayers contained with the service. The reflections engage the reader with the themes of suffering, of prayer, and hope. In his Foreword to the book, His Eminence Metropolitan...

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