OCF Board of Directors announces expansion of its Board, continued growth of its ministry to college students, and national search for an Executive Director

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BROOKLINE, MA — Following its annual meeting, the Board of Directors of Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) has announced that it will begin its search for an Executive Director. The process for identifying and screening potential candidates is projected to begin in early February 2017, and details regarding the process and its progress will be made available through OCF’s website (www.ocf.net).

OCF is an agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States and serves as the official campus ministry for the twelve (12) Orthodox Christian jurisdictions that the Assembly represents. Its mission is to transform the lives of college students in the United States and Canada by guiding them along the path to Jesus Christ through His Church, cultivating a campus community of worship, witness, service, fellowship, and education.

Led by His Grace Bishop Gregory of Nyssa, the Assembly Episcopal Liaison to OCF, and James P. Gianakis, serving as Chairman, the OCF Board of Directors gathered on the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross School of Theology to reflect on the past year’s successes, to affirm the ministry’s commitment to Orthodox Christian college students across the country, and to shape the direction of its various international, national, regional and local programs.

In addition to hiring an Executive Director in 2017, OCF committed to expanding its Board of Directors with a decision to extend invitations to twelve (12) identified candidates and appointed Fr. Miles Zdinak, a current Board Member and the jurisdictional representative for the American Carpatho-Russian Diocese of the USA, to serve as OCF’s National Chaplain and to work with a network of regional, district, and local chaplains serving OCF and its college students across the country.

During the two-day meetings, staff members, Donna Levas and Christina Andresen, and Student Leadership Board President, Emma Solak, presented their respective reports on behalf of the ministry, which highlighted: