News & Updates : Month: February 2023

• DR. DOVA DELIVERS KEYNOTE FOR GREEK LETTERS DAY

  Dr. Stamatia Dova, Director of Classics and Greek Studies at Hellenic College, delivered the keynote address at the annual celebration of Greek Letters Day hosted by the Hellenic Society Prometheas in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 28. Her topic was "Athletics, Community, and the Chemistry of homilos." The address explored the history of the word, which means "assembled crowd or group of people," from Homer to Modern Greek within the framework of identity formation. Dr. Dova explicated how the social chemistry signified by this word contributes to the creation of a community that defines itself through shared cultural values. Dr. Dova...

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• REV. DR. PENTIUC’S WORK TRANSLATED INTO SEVERAL LANGUAGES

  Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc’s book The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition, originally published in English by Oxford University Press and used in Old Testament courses at Orthodox seminaries worldwide, has now been translated into three other languages, greatly increasing its potential audience. Romanian: Vechiul Testament in Traditia Ortodoxa Rasariteana (translated by Nectarie V. Daraban; Cluj-Napoca: Editura Renasterea, 2019). Arabic: Alh`d Alqadeem fee Altaqleed Alorthozoxy Alsharqee (translated by Ephraim Massoud; Cairo: Alexandria School Foundation, 2023). Albanian: Diatha Vietër në Traditën Ortodokse Lindore (translated by Stefan Zhupa; Tirana: Shoqëria Biblike Ndërkonfensionale e Shqipërisë, 2023). Fr. Pentiuc is Archbishop Demetrios Chair...

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