Event

Dr. Timothy Patitsas, Interim Dean of Hellenic College and Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, presents, Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos, in a private screening at the Maliotis Cultural Center on February 1, 2024. The film is the first production from Beauty First Films, co-founded by Dr. Patitsas and Thomaida Hudanish, and was an official selection at several film festivals around the world. Amphilochios is a thirty-minute documentary exploring the life and spiritual legacy of the beloved twentieth-century saint, filmed over the course of the first celebration of his April feast day in 2019. St. Amphilochios (1889-1970) was a tireless spiritual father to the Dodecanese, a confessor of bishops and patriarchs, a missionary, and a founder of orphanages and monasteries. Dr. Patitsas came to know about the saint over thirty years ago and was inspired to bring awareness of this holy life to a greater audience. “We had a unique opportunity to film the inaugural feast of the saint at the monastery he founded,” says Dr. Patitsas. “It was important to capture the witness of those who knew the saint while he was alive.”