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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,...
Ecumenical Dialogue; A Personal Journey To Orthodoxy
Written by Andres Duran- Hellenic College Holy Cross is working with the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC to offer a new array of graduate-level courses. The first of these classes is “The Ecumenical Movement-The Sources” taught by Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian. In...
January 2024 Reflection
A dog’s world: A new creation in a new year The celebration of a new year is normally accompanied by aspirations for an unfolding year that brings hope and healing to the world—the entire world, to the least of our neighbors, and the last speck of dust. Resolutions,...
December 2023 Reflection
One of my pet peeves is when hotels offer shampoo and body wash in different bottles, but they’re actually the same liquids! It’s not so much that they are cutting corners; it’s that they undermine our intelligence. Watching news from media outlets in the US is...
November 2023 Reflection
When the horrific atrocities in Israel unfolded, I struggled with what would be the most appropriate response on behalf of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute. Witnessing the attack by Hamas on Israel on the Sabbath day of October 7 killing over 1200 civilians...
October 2023 Reflection
This month saw the unfolding of the tragic events that have once again shattered Israel and Gaza, with Hamas unleashing hostility against innocent lives while taking countless hostages, and President Netanyahu pledging retaliation against Palestine and destruction of...
September 2023 Reflection
As reflected in its logo, the Huffington Ecumenical Institute (HEI) seeks to become an open door for HCHC students and the wider Orthodox community (parishes and institutions) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: • To other Orthodox...