HCHC UPDATE
from Enrollment Management
Fall Semester’s Incoming Students
Hellenic College Holy Cross joyfully welcomed one of the largest incoming classes in its 86-year history this semester. Notably, Hellenic College’s undergraduate community grew by about fifty percent. Holy Cross also experienced a significant rise in its student body population, partly due to the MTS and ThM degrees now being offered online.
This growth coincides with our national outreach efforts through our Regional Representatives program, including participation in Clergy-Laity assemblies, summer camps, OCF gatherings, YAL conferences, Metropolis dance festivals, the St. John Chrysostom oratorical festivals, and parish gatherings in each of the nine Metropolises. Community-wide efforts to hone communications to our social media subscribers have inspired alumni to refer students to us. We have learned that priests, alumni, and friends are the most impactful influencers for enrollment at HCHC. We are deeply grateful to all those who have helped to spread the word about our beloved School. Most of all, we are grateful to God for these new students who have recognized that HCHC is their community of faith and learning. Through our periodic communications, the Enrollment Management team hopes to provide information about HCHC to the Orthodox communities it serves.In a recent press release regarding enrollment, President George M. Cantonis emphasized the importance of training future priests and encouraged support from clergy and hierarchs in identifying potential seminarian candidates. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Church of America and Chairman of HCHC’s Board of Trustees expressed confidence in our institution’s continued success and growth. Read the complete press release here.
In gratitude,
Dr. Bruce Beck
Director of Enrollment Management
Assistant Professor of New Testament
Upcoming Events
OPEN HOUSE AT HELLENIC COLLEGE
We’re excited to announce that Hellenic College is hosting a Fall Open House on November 4th. This event provides a unique opportunity to experience our vibrant Orthodox academic community and discover the possibilities that await you.
📆 Date: November 4th, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
🏛️ Location: Hellenic College Campus, Boston, MA
📝 Register link.🔖 Download the Open House flyer
Featured Programs
Master of Divinity (MDiv)
The MDiv program equips students for ordained or lay ministry through a systematic array of theological courses, skill-based training, and formative co-curricular activities. The twice-daily chapel services are the heartbeat of the student body.
Diaconate Certificate Program
This hybrid certificate program prepares qualified candidates for the ordained diaconate in three years. Candidates are committed and mature Orthodox Christians who are discerning a calling from the Lord to serve the Church in the diaconal ministry.The program integrates theological, pastoral, and liturgical disciplines to prepare candidates for ordained service in the Church.
Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
The MTS program provides a systematic framework in which to explore Orthodox theological studies, including Dogmatics, Holy Scriptures, Church History, Liturgics, Patrology, and World Religions. This degree program is now available in online and on-campus modalities.
Sacred Arts Certificate Program
The purpose of the Certificate in the Sacred Arts is to train undergraduate students to discern and generate beauty in the Sacred Arts of the Orthodox Church. The program builds upon one of the core objectives of all Hellenic students– to both discern and generate beauty, whether in art, music, literature, theology, or intellectual conversation, and to recognize beauty’s importance within a well-ordered life.
Clergy-Laity Meetings
It has been an honor for Hellenic College Holy Cross to participate in all of the Clergy-Laity Assemblies of the nine GOA Metropolises this year. We are grateful for the partnership with each of these Metropolises. Please invite HCHC to your regional events and youth retreats by contacting us at hspain@hchc.edu.
We can learn much from St. Luke’s example. Being a scholar and a well-educated man, he rejected the wisdom of this secular world and instead turned his mind toward the truth of Christ. He chose the true Wisdom– Christ. Through the intercessions of St. Luke the Evangelist, may we cultivate godly minds by fervently seeking the True One– Christ!“O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins” (from the apolytikion).
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