Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Chapel of the Holy Cross, Hellenic College | |
Former names | The Greek Archdiocese Institute Holy Cross Theological School |
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| Motto | Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος |
Motto in English | In the beginning was the Word |
| Type | Private liberal arts college and seminary |
| Established | 1937 |
| Accreditation | NECHE (Hellenic College) ATS (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology) |
Religious affiliation | Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
| Chairman | Archbishop Elpidophoros of America |
| President | Demetrios S. Katos |
Academic staff | 36 total (fall 2023) |
| Undergraduates | 64 (fall 2023) |
| Postgraduates | 135 (fall 2023) |
| Address | 50 Goddard Ave , , , United States 42°19′1.53″N 71°7′44.54″W / 42.3170917°N 71.1290389°W |
| Campus | Urban, 52 acres (21 ha) |
| Website | hchc |
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Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is a private Orthodox Christian liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline and Boston in Massachusetts. The institution is composed of two schools. These are Hellenic College, an undergraduate liberal arts college, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, a graduate theological school and seminary. The institution is affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
In 1937, the institution was founded by Archbishop Athenagoras of America and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Pomfret, Connecticut as The Greek Archdiocese Institute. Its name was soon changed to Holy Cross Theological School, and was moved to Brookline, Massachusetts in 1947. The institution reached its modern structure in 1968, when it established an undergraduate liberal arts college, Hellenic College, alongside the postgraduate theological school and seminary, now called the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Both schools were first accredited in the 1970s.
Hellenic College Holy Cross is the only accredited Eastern Orthodox college, seminary, and graduate school of theology in both the United States, and the Western Hemisphere as a whole. Numerous prominent Eastern and Oriental Orthodox clerics and academics have been affiliated with the institution, either attending as students or working as faculty.