Office of Vocation and Ministry at Hellenic College

Hellenic College, located on a beautiful hilltop campus in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a small liberal arts college with undergraduate majors in Elementary Education, Human Development, Management & Leadership, Classics, and Religious Studies. Hellenic College is the only Orthodox Chrisitan college in the Western hemisphere.

The Office of Vocation and Ministry (OVM) was established in 2003 when Hellenic College became one of 88 accredited colleges and universities in the United States to receive a prestigious grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for “the theological exploration of vocation.” The OVM is a busy, productive office with many important programs and initiates occurring simultaneously, and is currently funded through the generosity of the Lilly Endowment Inc., the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund, the CrossRoad Parents’ Association and benefactors from the greater Orthodox community.

The OVM is comprised of a small, dynamic team dedicated to fulfilling its mission to train, educate and inspire the next generation of leaders for the Orthodox Church. During the academic year the OVM runs programs for the students and faculty on the campus of Hellenic College (vocations.hchc.edu); during the summer it runs CrossRoad, a program for high school juniors and seniors from across the U.S. and from all Orthodox jurisdictions (crossroad.hchc.edu). The mission of CrossRoad is to inspire participants to travel the road of the cross of Christ in their lives, for it is in Him we find direction, meaning, hope, love, and answers.