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HCHC Receives CASE Excellence Award
learn moreOn March 14, 2019, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) honored Hellenic College Holy Cross at its annual conference with a Silver Excellence Award in the Video Fundraising category for its 2018 Day of Giving video. CASE is a professional association serving educational institutions and advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and allied areas. It serves more than 3,700 universities, colleges, schools, and related organizations in more than 80 countries. HCHC competed against 230 other entries from institutions in District I, the regional chapter representing the northeastern United States and...
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OVM Hosts CrossRoad Alumni Retreat
learn moreThe Office of Vocation & Ministry welcomed 65 CrossRoad alumni from across the United States back to campus on April 12 for a three-day retreat. CrossRoad is the OVM's very popular summer program for high school juniors and seniors wanting to engage more deeply with their faith and with other young Orthodox Christians. Since its first session fifteen years ago, CrossRoad has expanded to two annual sessions at HCHC and, as of last year, to a third session in Chicago. "We had almost every year represented at the retreat," says Kyra Limberakis, Assistant Director of the OVM and Director of...
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Holy Cross Seminarians Spend Spring Break in Ireland
learn moreFor most Bostonians, Irish or not, St. Patrick's Day is an annual celebration highlighted by parades and beer-fueled revelry. For three Holy Cross seminarians, however, St. Patrick's Day 2019 marked the beginning of a trip to Ireland for more serious reasons: to engage with the Orthodox community of Dublin, visit holy sites around the country, and introduce Orthodox thought and worship at University College Cork, part of the National University of Ireland. The invitation to Cork came via a friend Adam Murphy made while earning a master's degree at Boston College before coming to Holy Cross. As his name suggests,...
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HCHC Students Lead Mission Trip to Kenya
learn moreDean and Xenia Franck, both in the Master of Divinity program at Holy Cross, were part of a team of HCHC students who spent their spring break in western Kenya. Dean had already been to Kenya a number of times and the couple spent two months there together last summer, an experience that gave them an idea. "After visiting St. Tabitha's Orphanage and School," Xenia explains, "we decided to organize a team to go do some teaching and build a chicken coop." The orphanage is in the diocese of the late Bishop Athanasius, whose recent untimely passing galvanized the Francks...
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HCHC Seminarians Attend Lenten Retreat
learn moreAll HCHC seminarians, in both the College and the School of Theology, gathered for an overnight Lenten retreat March 29-30 at the St. Methodios Faith and Learning Center in Contoocook, New Hampshire. The students had the blessing of hearing guest speakers who included His Grace Bishop Ilia of Philomelion, HCHC President Rev. Fr. Christopher Metropulos, Dean of Students Rev. Fr. Antonios Papathanasiou, Dr. Bruce Beck, and Dr. Timothy Patitsas. "It was an uplifting and illuminating experience for everyone," said Fr. Christopher, "and a special joy for me to spend that extended time in worship and fellowship with our seminarians." The...
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HCHC Hosts Overnight Visit For Applicants
learn moreHellenic College applicants and their parents arrived on campus the afternoon of Thursday, March 14, to a warm welcome. Rev. Fr. Gregory Floor, Director of Admissions and a Holy Cross alumnus, first introduced Rev. Fr. Christopher Metropulos, President of HCHC and a graduate of both schools. Fr. Christopher told the visitors that at HCHC, as distinct from most campuses, "there is no holding back on faith. This is a place where people are always striving to better themselves in Christ." The visitors then heard from another alumnus, Rev. Fr. Antonios Papathanasiou, who has returned to his alma mater as Dean...