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UPCOMING EVENTS
Fall 2024 – Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC – Upcoming Events
Fall 2024 – Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC – Upcoming Events
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RECENT NEWS
We are All Servants! A Conference on Synodality – A student’s perspective.
Written By Andres Duran A two-day conference on the topic of “Synodality” was held on March 27-28th, 2024, by the HEI. On day one, His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston attended the event, which he opened with prayer. Father John Chryssavgis read a special...
Artificial Intelligence: Where is the Truth? A student’s perspective.
Written by Andres Duran On February 29, 2024, an event regarding Artificial Intelligence was presented through the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC. Constantinos Daskalakis, Theo Nicolakis, Constantine Psimopoulos, and Gayle Woloschak, all with extensive...
Artificial Intelligence “Playing God?” A Post-Event Reflection
Written by Constantine "Kosti" Psimopoulos- In 2014, Elon Musk told a crowd at MIT “With AI we are summoning the demon!” On a brisk, beautiful, and quite eventful night in February 2024, across the river from MIT and up the hill on Hellenic College Holy Cross campus,...
UPCOMING COURSES
INDS7100 The Ecumenical Movement – The Sources
The Ecumenical Movement that started in the second half of the 19th century does not constitute an ideology but rather reflects the authentic commitment to reconcile divided Christians in the unity of the Church and the reality of communion. Throughout the past century, the quest for Christian unity has assumed many shapes and forms that may be studied through major documents produced along the history of the 20th century and beyond. This course will define the boundaries of Ecumenism and its challenges for contemporary Orthodoxy by looking inward as well as outward as faithful and thoughtful Christians.
This course will be taught by Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian and facilitated by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC.
Note: The scheduling of this course is yet to be determined. It will be taught in the spring as an intensive 14-week program.