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The time is now and the need is great to reach communities that don’t have an Orthodox Christian Church Parish. Are you without an Orthodox Church Parish in your community. Learn how to, with the blessing of a Bishop, develop a chapel in your community. Learn from our panelists, Fr Dr Gregory Joyce and Priest Monk Fr Aiden Keller in our June 15th webinar this year 2024 at 1:30 pm CST on Zoom.
Our webinar topic: Starting a Successful Orthodox Mission
In 2001 Fr. Gregory received his MA in Education from the University of Michigan. In 2008 Fr. Gregory was accepted into the Doctorate of Ministry program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and in 2009 appointed Assistant Dean of the Pastoral School of the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America. In 2013 Fr. Gregory completed his Doctoral Degree and was appointed Associate Dean of the Pastoral School. In 2014 Fr. Gregory was appointed Dean of the Pastoral School by the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
St. Anna’s Mission Parish is a dependency of St. Demetrios Orthodox Monastery, and the clergy are supplied to it from the monastery’s Hiero-monastic ranks, specifically and currently Fr Aiden Keller who is under Met Jonah Paffhausen.
Fr Dcn Christopher Purdef will be our moderator for the webinar. Rev. Deacon Christopher Purdef was born in Columbus, OH. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University in 1997, and then his MA in Applied Orthodox Theology from the Antiochian House of Studies in 2013.
STF SMM Coordinator Eric A. Tweten
