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Lilly Endowment Awards $1M Grant to Holy Cross to Establish Interactive Media Studio
learn moreDean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc and Dr. Tito Madrazo, Director in Religion at Lilly Endowment, Inc. Holy Cross Dean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, the Author of the Winning Grant Proposal Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has received a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow initiative to establish an interactive media studio to serve as a hub for preaching, digital engagement and continuing education. The studio helps advance the mission of The Scriptorium Initiative: Preaching and Teaching the Word of God Beyond the Seminary. Holy Cross Dean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc authored the proposal that...
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Former Hellenic College Dean Dr. Lily Macrakis Reposes in the Lord
learn moreThe former Dean of Hellenic College, Dr. Aglaia ‘Lily’ Macrakis fell asleep in the Lord on Sept. 17 in Boston at age 99. Dr. Macrakis served as Dean of Hellenic College from 2002 to 2011, following an academic career that began with a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship and continued at Regis College in Weston, MA, where she began as a lecturer in 1964 and rose to become Chair of the Department of History. Macrakis also founded the Greek Studies program there. “Dr. Macrakis brought to the deanship unprecedented energy and vision, leading to new programs and courses that enriched the Hellenic...
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HCHC Alum Serves as First Campus Missionary for OCF
learn moreSaid Alexandros Pandazas (MDiv '23), "The point of a missionary is to build up the campus ministry but it's also to build discipleship by experiencing a model of faith. I experienced my model of faith at Holy Cross. I'm constantly referring to my notes and classwork. That's when I realized that all my classes helped prepare me for my work with OCF."
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Dr. James Skedros Named Director of Continuing Education Program
learn moreDr. James C. Skedros has been appointed Director of the newly created Continuing Education Program (CEP) at Hellenic College Holy Cross beginning Sept. 1. Dr. Skedros, The Michael G. and Anastasia Cantonis Professor of Byzantine Studies, has served Holy Cross for almost thirty years in various capacities including interim president of Hellenic College and academic dean of Holy Cross. As Director of CEP, he will report to Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, Dean of Holy Cross, and Dr. Nicholas Ganson, Dean of Hellenic College. The Continuing Education Program, suggestively coined Catechism, will serve primarily the learning and ministry needs of individuals...
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Biennial Seminar to Asia Minor Concludes
learn moreEight students recently completed the biennial Asia Minor Travel Seminar, an immersive four-week academic program exploring Hellenic heritage in Asia Minor and the Pontos region, including the Black Sea coast. Funded by HCHC’s New York Life Insurance Company Center for the Study of Hellenism in partnership with the Dean C. Zoë S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at Stockton University, the seminar was led by HCHC alumnus Professor Tom Papademetriou, Ph.D. of Stockton University. The seminar included students from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Stockton University, University of Toronto, UC Berkeley, Fordham University, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,...
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Bishop Joachim of Amissos Lectures at Dumbarton Oaks
learn moreOn July 18, 2025, His Grace Bishop Joachim (Cotsonis) of Amissos, PhD, presented a lecture on the iconography of Byzantine lead seals for the group of international graduate students enrolled in the 2025 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 topics including the images found...