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The program also included special presentations to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Institute’s
founding that included the video-short, “AHI at 50,”
executive produced by veteran broadcast and media
professional, Larry Michael, and President Larigakis.
upcoming 82nd Commencement on May 18, 2024. This
highest honor the school can bestow will be granted to
them for the impact they have made at Holy Cross and
across the Archdiocese in the field of missions and
evangelism.
Fox News Channel Chief Washington Correspondent
Mike Emanuel served as Master of Ceremonies.
Partners in life and service for sixty years, Archon
Primikirios Louis and Helen Nicozisis have exemplified
the Greek American dream. Faithful Orthodox
Christians, they have endeavored to serve the Church as
their talents have allowed, from parish councils to the
Archdiocesan Council.
On the eve of the dinner, internationally acclaimed
classical crossover tenor, composer, and actor, Mario
Frangoulis, headlined a concert in celebration of AHI’s
Golden Jubilee at the historic Warner Theatre in
Washington, D.C.
The American Hellenic Institute is a non-profit Greek
American public policy center that works to strengthen
relations between the United States and Greece and
Cyprus, and within the Greek American community.
HCHC Announces
2024 Honorees
Louis has served on the Board of Leadership 100, and
both are founding members of the Patriarch
Bartholomew Fund and the St. Nicholas National Shrine
and are stewards at several parishes.
Their greatest impact is in the field of missions and
evangelism. For more than 45 years, their efforts in
response to Christ’s command to “baptize all nations…”
have been exemplary. They are benefactors of the
Orthodox Christian Missions Center and the
Endowment Fund for Orthodox Missions. OCMC has
sent missionaries to more than 35 countries, and EFOM
underwrites HCHC’s annual Missions Week, and
provides scholarships for seminarians who are interested
in serving in the missions field. Their service has helped
shape the life and work of the Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America, many of Hellenic College/Holy
Cross students, and countless beneficiaries across the
globe, whose hearts are now illumined by the light of
Christ.
Hellenic College/Holy Cross is the only accredited Greek
Orthodox Christian college, graduate school of theology,
and seminary in the US.
Helen and Louis Nicozisis
Hellenic College/Holy Cross (HCHC) will once again
recognize a couple for their exemplary vision and
leadership in the Church. Helen and Archon Louis
Nicozisis will each receive an honorary doctorate from
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology at the
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