St. Panteleimon Healthcare Society Second Conference

On August 25^th and 26^th, 2023, the second St. Panteleimon Society conference was held at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Nashville, TN.  Elizabeth Hawkins, MDiv, BCC, was the speaker on the theme, "Having an Orthodox Vision for our Healing Vocation." Mrs. Hawkins gave excellent, insightful lectures about her personal experience as an Orthodox chaplain helping pediatric patients and their families cope with difficult diagnoses. The Very Reverend Protopresbyter Father Stavros Kofinas, Coordinator for the Network of Pastoral Healthcare of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, also joined us Saturday and spoke at the conference via Zoom from Greece. We were honored to have Father Stavros join us again and discuss some of the challenges we face. The conference was blessed to be joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas for the Friday evening lecture and discussion. We are grateful to His Eminence for his encouragement and support.