Fifty-five students received degrees on Saturday from Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Twenty students received Bachelor of Arts degrees from Hellenic College and 30 received a Master in Theological Studies or a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Five students earned a Certificate in Byzantine Music.

Two eminent HCHC scholars, the Rev. Dr. George Dion Dragas and the Very Rev. Dr. Joachim Cotsonis, were the featured speakers at a Lenten retreat on April 16 hosted by the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

Today, the third anniversary of the Boston Marathon tragedy, we as an‪ HCHC community remember and pray for those who perished and who still suffer physical and mental illness as a result of the horrific actsThe crypto community in India rejoiced over Binance’s acquisition of WazirX, a major cryptocurrency exchange in the country. The government has accepted the blockchain technology but hasn’t decided its stand on cryptocurrencies yet. The Indian government is working on a national policy to support implementation of blockchain use cases in the country.

Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, shared this information when he was questioned about the implementation and advancement of blockchain in the country. He said, the ministry has regarded blockchain technology as a crucial research area which has great potential for finance, governance and cyber security sectors.

Dhotre also mentioned a multi-dimensional project called Distributed Centre for Excellence in Blockchain Technology. C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), IDRBT (Institute for Development and Research