PREACHING AND TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD BEYOND THE SEMINARY
HOLY CROSS GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
THE SCRIPTORIUM INITIATIVE
at Holy Cross
NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 28, 2026 • ISSUE 05
A WORD FOR THE WEEK
“Let us not then be bitter judges of others lest we also get a strict account demanded of us.”
ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (HOMILIES ON ROMANS 14)
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN ORTHODOX CATECHISM
The Catechist
The Art of Listening and Teaching — a year-long program from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and The Scriptorium Initiative for Orthodox Christians called to teach and serve.
Join us as we open the Scriptures through the insights of modern biblical scholarship and the living interpretive tradition of the Orthodox Church, especially the Fathers, Byzantine liturgy, and the spiritual and pastoral wisdom of the biblical text.
Artificial intelligence marks another threshold in the long history of
technologies that have reshaped how human beings remember, communicate,
create, and understand. The video-poems posted here explore a new alphabet
of human–machine cooperation through a human–AI “choreography” grounded.
Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc remains responsible for the biblical exegesis,
theological vision, discernment, poem, and creative direction, while
generative technologies serve as instruments for giving that vision
audiovisual form.
A weekly place for Scripture, formation, and thoughtful Orthodox conversation.
Dear friends,
Welcome to The Scriptorium Weekly, a concise selection
of new and timely resources from The Scriptorium Initiative at Holy Cross.
Each issue brings together preaching support, theological education,
conversations with clergy and scholars, and resources for the life of
the Church.
FEATURED ARTICLE
The Word ‘almah in Isaiah 7:14: A New Etymology
by Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc
The historical context of this important prophetic saying, actually, one of the most popular messianic texts in the Christian interpretive tradition, may be summarized in a few words. Isaiah of Jerusalem, the 8th century BC prophet, approaches king Ahaz of Judah on the eve of the so-called Syro-Ephraimite war (733-732 BC).
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