News & Updates : Month: October 2023

  • 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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  • DR. JANE GOODALL SPEAKS AT INAUGURAL HUFFINGTON ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE EVENT

    On 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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