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Published by
Orthodox Christian
Network,
March 24, 2005
Farah Foundation Awards Major Multi-Year
Grant To Orthodox Christian Network
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Ft.
Lauderdale, FL - The Virginia H. Farah Foundation
has made a multi-year commitment to fund a new
Development Office for Orthodox Christian Network
(OCN).
The purpose of this grant is to help OCN establish
an Office of Development for the media outreach of
the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox
Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA). This new
development office will work with other
foundations and individual donors to fully fund
the media outreach ministry for the Orthodox
Christian churches in this nation.
The grant allows OCN to hire a full time director
of development and to secure the services of
Stewardship Advocates of New York, a full service
donor development agency headed by well respected
stewardship expert, Fr. Anthony Scott. Rev. Scott
will work with the new director of development at
OCN.
Rev. Dr. Christopher Metropulos, founder and
Executive Director of OCN, states that this
generous grant from the Farah Foundation goes a
long way in helping OCN create and sustain a much
needed media presence for the Orthodox Christian
churches. It is precisely this “missing voice of
Orthodoxy” that OCN was created to address in
American society. Farah Foundation Director Eric
Namee states “The Farah Foundation is committed to
supporting Orthodox outreach efforts that have
proven themselves effective in sharing the
Orthodox faith with a wider number of people. We
are also convinced that OCN and its media outreach
are much needed tools to assist and support the
local parish in their work to share the faith with
their local communities.
The Foundation was established in 1983 to support
the Orthodox Christian Church’s witness to America
and assist disadvantaged children through Orthodox
Christian Service organizations.
OCN’s premier radio program, Come Receive The
Light, is heard in twenty cities across the
nation, and is the only Orthodox Christian radio
program distributed by satellite nationwide. The
half hour program is also heard worldwide on the
ministry’s web site www.receive.org and has
listeners as far away as New Zealand and Greece.
Orthodox Christian Network is headquartered in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida and is a member of the
National Religious Broadcasters. Visit us at
www.receive.org.
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