Down the Road

Episodes

1. 28

   Mindset of a Servant Leader

   Mark Moraitakis, Senior Director of Customer Foresight at Chick-fil-A, presents a leadership workshop at Hellenic College Holy Cross on developing the heart of a servant leader.

   Jun 4, 2017
2. 27

   Understanding the Other: Part Five

   HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the…

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   Oct 23, 2015
3. 26

   Understanding the Other: Part Four

   HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the…

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   Oct 23, 2015
4. 25

   Understanding the Other: Part Three

   HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the…

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   Oct 23, 2015
5. 24

   Understanding the Other: Part Two

   HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the…

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   Oct 23, 2015
6. 23

   Understanding the Other: Part One

   HCHC President Fr. Nicholas Triantifilou is known to encourage Orthodox Christians to begin the day with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This symposium honors his 15 years of service to the school and retirement this year by addressing current conflicts and crises around the…

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   Oct 23, 2015
7. 22

   Alumni Retreat Panel Presentation 2013

   We are pleased to share this panel presentation from our 2013 CrossRoad alumni retreat. Thanks to the generosity of an Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 grant for CrossRoad outreach, the OVM was able to offer a new retreat for post-college CrossRoad alumni—alumni who are now in the workforce and...

   Oct 23, 2015
8. 21

   The Restoration of Humanity in Christ

   Fr. Eugen Pentiuc connects the creation narrative with the reality of the incarnation.

   Oct 23, 2015
9. 20

   The Three Steps of Fashioning Humanity

   Using the Genesis Creation narrative, Fr. Eugen Pentiuc guides the CrossRoad students through the relationship between God and humanity and between man and woman.

   Oct 23, 2015
10. 19

    The Christian Bible: Unity in Diversity

    Fr. Eugen Pentiuc examines the use of metaphor and the importance of maintaining a sense of wonder.

    Oct 23, 2015
11. 18

    Scripture and Tradition

    Fr. Eugen Pentiuc explores the intimate relationship between scripture and tradition. He emphasizes the centrality of the biblical text.

    Oct 23, 2015
12. 17

    The Orthodox Faith Through Icons

    Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas explores the Icon as a visual, graphic Gospel and teacher of the Faith.

    Oct 23, 2015
13. 16

    The Holy Mysteries of the Sacraments

    Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses the sacraments of Marriage and Baptism.

    Oct 23, 2015
14. 15

    The Teachings of the Orthodox Faith Through the Liturgy

    Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses preparation for Baptism and its theology. He finishes with an exploration of the Anaphora of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil.

    Oct 23, 2015
15. 14

    Early Church History Through the Liturgy

    Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas discusses church life in the first century, the celebration of the Lord’s Day, the development of the parish, and church history through the lens of martyrdom and architectural setting.

    Oct 23, 2015
16. 13

    Putting It All Together: The Church and the Sacraments

    In his fourth and final lecture, Dr. Demetrios Katos discusses questions such as: In what way might the Eucharist or baptism be a mystery and what does it reveal about God? What are some ways in which we become aware of the Church being more than simply our local community? Finally, what does it...

    Oct 23, 2015
17. 12

    The Challenges of Faith, or How Theology Should Be Done

    In his third lecture, Dr. Demetrios Katos addresses the ways in which theology is scientific, why we should never say “mere symbol” in Orthodox thought, what we mean by essence and energies, what we mean by a personal God, and how the Bible and other sources are used in theology.

    Oct 23, 2015
18. 11

    Trinity and Christology

    Dr. Demetrios Katos discusses why the study of the Bible and theology are so important, why we bother with arcane and abstruse doctrines of the Trinity, and why we should care about our belief that Jesus is fully God and fully man.

    Oct 23, 2015
19. 10

    Human Nature

    In this first of four lectures, Dr. Demetrios Katos, Dean of Hellenic College, addresses such questions as: Why should we develop language like body, soul, spirit, and heart? How are they useful? How might they be dangerous?

    Oct 23, 2015
20. 9

    Jesus Christ as Great High Priest, Lamb of God, King of God's Kingdom, and Suffering Servant

    Fr. Thomas Hopko discusses He who offers and is offered on our behalf to God the Father on the Cross as the perfect sacrifice that saves us from our sins and transgressions and puts us right with God.

    Oct 23, 2015
21. 8

    Jesus as Teacher, Prophet, Word, and Wisdom of God

    This is the second in Fr. Thomas Hopko's series of three lectures for CrossRoad. Fr. Tom discusses the Lord as the Messiah who saves us from ignorance, foolishness, and insanity.

    Oct 23, 2015
22. 7

    Who Do You Say That I Am?

    This is the first in Fr. Thomas Hopko's series of three lectures for CrossRoad. Fr. Tom discusses the person and works of Christ according to the four Gospels.

    Oct 23, 2015
23. 6

    The Jesus Prayer

    Michael Tishel, the new director of the CrossRoad program at Hellenic College, presents Dr. George Stavros on the Jesus Prayer. Dr. Stavros heads up the Counseling, Psychology, and Religion doctoral programs at the Boston University School of Theology. Here he speaks at a parish retreat at St....

    Oct 23, 2015
24. 5

    Bishop Savas of Troas

    In this episode of Down the Road, Dr. Ann Bezzerides and Daniel Belonick talk with His Grace Bishop Savas of Troas, Director of the Office of Church and Society for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, about his vocational journey.

    Oct 23, 2015
25. 4

    Daily Scripture Reading: Part Two

    Daniel Belonick continues his discussion with Fr. Theodore Stylianopoulos about daily scripture reading, this time focusing on how to approach passages that are difficult to understand.

    Oct 23, 2015
26. 3

    Daily Scripture Reading: Part One

    In this episode, former CrossRoad assistant director Daniel Belonick discusses reading and understanding scripture with CrossRoad professor Fr. Theodore Stylianopoulos.

    Oct 23, 2015
27. 2

    Facebook

    In this episode of Down the Road, CrossRoad Director Mary Long discusses Facebook, personhood, and community with CrossRoad alumnus Jonathan Resmini.

    Oct 23, 2015
28. 1

    Love

    In this introductory episode, CrossRoad professor Fr. Thomas Hopko discusses two questions: (1) Who is the God that is calling us?; and (2) What is the definition of love?

    Oct 23, 2015