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JOHNSTOWN, PA — [Diocesan Chancery] The Orthodox Youth Directors in North America, a blessed working committee of individuals who serve as the departmental heads of the youth, college and young adult ministry departments of the different Orthodox churches represented in the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States, has issued a letter of encouragement, today, to all Orthodox Youth Workers in America. The text of the message is as follows:
Dear Fellow Youth Workers in Christ,
While we are trying to profit our Youth in a time of challenge to our ministry, while we are working hard to keep them connected to Christ and His Church when their faith is threatened in a new way, we are all, like the Apostles, following our Lord in amazement as He makes His way to Jerusalem and through His Passion. We know what is to come. The Apostles did not. The apostles were clearly told by our Lord what was to come! They may have chosen to not fully accept – but our Lord told them clearly.
