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  • Journeying Through the Triodion, Holy Week, and Pascha – A Series of Video Reflections by Holy Cross Faculty

    Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Announces Journeying Through the Triodion, Holy Week, and Pascha A Series of Video Reflections by Dean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc and the Holy Cross Faculty © The Scriptorium Initiative Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is launching the first fruits of The Scriptorium Initiative with a series of Lenten and Holy Week Reflections beginning on Sunday, February 26 involving the full faculty of Holy Cross. The series, organized by Dean Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc and the Holy Cross Faculty, is entitled Journeying Together Through the Triodion, Holy Week, and Pascha. On each...

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  • HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT

    Demetrios S. Katos has been appointed President of Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC). He will start February 1, 2024. He comes to HCHC from Northeastern University, where he is Associate Director of Leadership Giving. He is a higher education professional of 25 years, having also been Dean, Professor of Religious Studies, and Registrar at Hellenic College. “I’m humbled and excited to be the next President of Hellenic College Holy Cross,” Katos said. “I look forward to building a coalition of hierarchs, clergy, laity, trustees and alumni to collaborate with the talented faculty and staff of our beloved School. Together we will...

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  • REV. DR. EUGEN J. PENTIUC APPOINTED DEAN OF HOLY CROSS

    Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc has been appointed Dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, effective January 1, 2024. His appointment follows an external international search coupled with a decanal nomination by the Faculty of Holy Cross. Fr. Pentiuc joined the Holy Cross faculty in 1998, became tenured Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages in 2009, and since 2018 has been Archbishop Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins. Fr. Pentiuc, with forty years of priestly experience in Romania, Israel, Germany ,and United States, is a Protopresbyter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He holds...

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  • DR. PATITSAS ATTENDS WORLD PREMIERE OF HIS FIRST FILM

    Dr. Timothy Patitsas, Interim Dean of Hellenic College and Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, attended the world premiere of his short documentary, Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos, at the Houston Greek Film Festival in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, November 18, 2023. The film is the first production from Beauty First Films, co-founded by Dr. Patitsas and Thomaida Hudanish, and was an official selection of the festival. Amphilochios is a thirty-minute documentary exploring the life and spiritual legacy of the beloved twentieth-century saint, filmed over the course of the first celebration of his April...

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  • REV. DR. EUGEN J. PENTIUC INTERVIEWED IN JERUSALEM BY TRINITAS TV

    Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins and Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Holy Cross, was interviewed recently by Trinitas TV in Jerusalem, where he was a scholar-in-residence at Ecole Biblique. The program was titled "Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc: A Life Dedicated to the Study of Holy Scriptures.” Watch the program (subtitled in English) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kDgKPnRdc8&t=1312s&ab_channel=TRINITASTV Trinitas TV, a ministry of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate, is the only 24/7 Orthodox television channel in the world. The producer and interviewer was Mara Ionescu, who spoke with Fr. Pentiuc in the courtyard...

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  • LILLY ENDOWMENT AWARDS $1.125 MILLION TO HOLY CROSS FOR THE SCRIPTORIUM PROGRAM

    Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has received a grant of $ 1,125,995 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish The Scriptorium: Preaching and Teaching in a Digital Age.  The program is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative. The aim of the initiative is to foster and support preaching that inspires, encourages and guides people to come to know and love God and to live out their Christian faith more fully. The winning proposal The Scriptorium: Preaching and Teaching the Word of God in a Digital Age was designed and written by Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc,...

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