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DR. JANE GOODALL SPEAKS AT INAUGURAL HUFFINGTON ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE EVENT
learn moreOn September 27, Dr. Jane Goodall engaged in a conversation with Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Executive Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute, sharing her thoughts on the power of ecumenical encounter and dialogue in shaping a better future for our planet. The talk, which inaugurated the “Ecumenical Conversations Series” of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute, was attended by members of the administration and faculty, as well as students and families of the Hellenic College Holy Cross community and beyond. Fr. John asked Dr. Goodall about the ways in which religion shapes her worldview and how religion itself should be shaped by...
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HCHC’S INCOMING ENROLLMENT ONE OF THE LARGEST IN ITS HISTORY
learn moreHellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is delighted to announce the admission of 93 incoming students, one of the highest entering classes since the School's founding 86 years ago. Hellenic College welcomed an incoming class of 40 students, twice the size of last year's, impressively increasing the total number of undergraduates to 64--almost a 50% increase. We hope for a similar surge next year since we have already received many applications. Similarly, the entering class of Holy Cross has grown by 71% when measured in terms of 53 full-time-equivalent students, leading to a total enrollment of 97--a...
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PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH CLOSES SEPTEMBER 14
learn moreIn an effort to ensure exceptional long-term leadership for our esteemed and beloved School, the search committee of the Hellenic College Holy Cross Board of Trustees has made the decision to end the search for a new president on September 14, 2023, the Feast of Holy Cross. The search committee is currently reviewing the credentials of the candidates who have applied to date. “The time to develop the pool of high-quality candidates has been essential,” said Fr. Mark Leondis, who chairs the committee. “The HCHC presidential search committee is doing an excellent job, and there is no reason to rush...
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HCHC RAISES OVER $2.3 MILLION THROUGH CARLOS MATCHING GRANT
learn moreThe 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
learn moreOn 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
learn moreRev. 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: http://www.ebaf.edu/en/