Holy Cross Connection, Spiritual Gems from the Holy Cross Bookstore

This week, we are pleased to bring you a new episode of Holy Cross Connections with His Grace, Bishop Anthony Vrame.  Join Bishop Anthony for an edifying conversation with His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of the Metropolis of Chicago to discuss Called to Serve: Journeys to Ordained Ministry. This book is a unique collection of testimonies, as told by the faithful clergy of the Greek Orthodox Me...

This week, we are pleased to bring you a new episode of Holy Cross Connection, this time with Presv. Karry Pappas to discuss her latest book, published by Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Becoming One: Weekly Insights to Nurture Your Marriage.  Presvytera Kerry is the Coordinator for Seminarian and Clergy Couple Care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and a licensed marriage and family therapi...

This week, we are pleased to bring you a new episode of Spiritual Gems from the Holy Cross Bookstore, this time with Fr. Patrick Viscuso.  Fr. Patrick has published numerous books with us at Holy Cross Press. His book, A Guide for a Church Under Islam , is Fr. Patrick’s original translation. The twelfth-century document has myriad interesting features relevant for Church history, including its rec...

Welcome back to Holy Cross Connections! After a long hiatus (thank you for your patience with us), we could not be more excited to roll out a new episode for you all. This week, we have an episode with Fr. Patrick Viscuso and John Margetis, the esteemed editors of Answers to Liturgical Questions by Iōannēs M. Phountoulēs.  The Answers to Liturgical Questions series has long been recognized as a pr...

It's the episode that you've all been waiting for! Phountoules' Answers to Liturgical Questions is NOW AVAILABLE from the Holy Cross Bookstore. Do you have questions about this series? Tune in to today's episode with His Grace, Bishop Anthony Vrame and hear all about the exciting return of Answers to Liturgical Questions. You can purchase your copies of all six volumes of Answers t...

Title: Season 1, Episode 7.  Holy Cross Connection, #67: Jeremy Ignpen - Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras Welcome back to Holy Cross Connections! This week on the podcast, we are delighted to host Jeremy Ingpen, the talented translator of our title Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras. Tune in to hear His Grace Bishop Anthony and Jeremy’s conversation, which simultaneously reflects the heart o...

Hello everyone! We wanted to give you a quick update regarding our Summer podcast schedule, our summer sale, which starts tomorrow, and upcoming publications from Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Thank you all for your continued support and be sure to keep an eye out for all of our new content coming soon! As Orthodox Christians, we believe that none of the topics or concepts discussed in these podcasts...

You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Spiritual Gems! Join Nicholas today on Spiritual Gems as he talks with renowned author, professor, and researcher Dr. Timothy Patitsas. Together, they discuss his book The Ethics of Beauty , with a focus on the first chapter, entitled “The Opposite Of War Is Not Peace.” Dr. Patitsas has a distinctly unique approach to ethics, and today’s podcast is bot...

Christ is Risen! Today on Holy Cross Connection, we are delighted to welcome Doctors Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides and Jenny Haddad Mosher to the podcast for a conversation about their brand-new book, Find Your Telos.  Since its publication and release in recent months, Find Your Telos has been in high demand from parishes, youth leaders, and priests around the country. "This is a hope-filled book-...

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Christ is Risen!  Today on Holy Cross Connection we are delighted to welcome back Fr. Alkiviadis to the podcast. This week, he is joining His Grace Bishop Antonios to discuss his latest publication, ΙΕΡΟΤΕΛΕΣΤΙΚΟΝ: A Handbook on Orthodox Liturgical Practice.  Fr. Alkiviadis, a 1956 graduate of Holy Cross, is a Professor Emeritus of Liturgics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and form...

Christ is Risen! We are pleased to bring you the fourth episode of Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore.  This week, host and Operations Manager of our Bookstore and Press, Nick Botsolis, sat down with the Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, His Grace Bishop Anthony of Synada, to discuss The Priest by Metropolitan Michael of Corinth published by Holy Cross Orthodox Press in 2023.  Durin...

We are pleased to bring you our fourth episode of Holy Cross Connection with Bishop Anthony (Vrame). The topic for today is Holy Cross Press title Wonder as the Beginning of Faith, with its author, the esteemed Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic. Join them for a delightful conversation about Bishop Maxim’s series of theological and pastoral observations of a wide spectrum of events–from the fire that engulfe...

Happy Wednesday, listeners! Today, join Nicholas for another episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore . His conversation is with HCHC’s beloved Dr. Bruce Beck regarding The New Testament: An Orthodox Perspective . Dr. Beck is the Assistant Professor of New Testament at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and the Director of Enrollment Management at Hellenic College Holy Cro...

This Wednesday brings you our third episode of Holy Cross Connection. Join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Bishop-Elect Antonios Vrame, in his discussion with Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas on his book Great Week and Pascha . Fr. Calivas’ book is a comprehensive guide for the services of Holy Week and Pascha, including liturgical practices and rubrics. We hope that this episode provide...

Happy Wednesday, listeners! Join us today for our second episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore . Today, Nicholas Botsolis, our podcast host and Bookstore Operations Manager, talks with Fr. Philip Halikias. To continue with the theme of last week’s Holy Cross Connections episode (which you can listen to here ), they’ll be talking about the SCOBA Guidelines for Orthodox Christians...

This week on Holy Cross Connection, join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Bishop Elect Antonios (Vrame), and esteemed guest, Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos. Together they will be discussing Dr. Patsavos’ latest book Introduction to Orthodox Canon Law , published by Holy Cross Press.  Introduction to Canon Law is an essential text for students and Orthodox canon law enthusiasts alike. Joi...

This week we are pleased to present the first episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore . Join Nicholas Botsolis, our podcast host and Bookstore Operations Manager, for our inaugural episode, as he talks with our first guest, Fr. George Parsenios. Together they will be discussing The Theology of Saint Paul Apostle to the Nations. This text, assembled from the brilliant notes of Archi...

This week on Holy Cross Connection, join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Fr. Tony Vrame, and HCOP Author, Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, in discussing his new book, Unto the Healing of Soul and Body: Encouragement for Restoration and Reconciliation in a Broken World. Fr. Stavros’ work focuses on the great need for healing in the modern world and how the Church, through the sacrame...