Press Release
For more information contact:
Chuck Powell, Development Director
877-273-2348
Ft. Lauderdale (June 8, 2007) – Orthodox Christian Network and OrthodoXCircle.com are committed to using technology to enhance and strengthen Orthodox connections and ministry.
Fr. Chris Metropulos, founder of OCN, speaks with Ninos Oshaana, the founder of OrthodoXCircle, on this week’s Come Receive The Light Radio program heard in over 150 local communities on local radio stations and world-wide on The Ark, OCN’s 24 hour internet radio station located at www.receive.org.
Fr. Chris and Ninos talk about how using modern internet technologies allow Orthodox Christians to build a sense of community together. These technologies also help raise awareness of our Orthodox Christian faith, and to draw those who have drifted from their Orthodox faith back “home.”
OrthodoXCircle is capitalizing on the amazing growth of online internet based community building web sites like My Space and Facebook. Orthodox Circle gives Orthodox Christians a place to call their own and to meet other Orthodox Christians all around the world. Ninos describes Orthodox Circle like this: “OrthodoXCircle.com is a new and exciting, laity-run internet ministry that provides a unique way for Orthodox Christians from around the world to connect with each other like never before. Created and operated by fellow Orthodox Christians, our mission is to help advance and nourish a spirit of pan-Orthodox fellowship and unity. OrthodoXCircle has made it possible for Orthodox Christians from every ethnic group and jurisdiction to fellowship, create new friendships and celebrate the richness of our Faith.”
Oshaana adds: “We are very excited to form a collaborative partnership with the Orthodox Christian Network. Working together will allow us to benefit from each others resources and efforts to serve our people in new and exciting ways. We look forward to actively presenting OCN’s quality programming to our members as well as helping to promote OCN’s global outreach initiatives. “
Visit OrthodoXCircle.com and find out more about this wonderful tool to keep you and your family connected to the faith and each other.
Orthodox Christian Network (OCN), is the official media agency of SCOBA, the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, and develops effective ways to use modern media to raise awareness of our Orthodox faith in the minds of the general population and to be an “assistant” to local parish priests in keeping our faithful attached to the Church between worship services. OCN produces the nationally syndicated radio program Come Receive The Light and the 24 hour internet based radio ministries of The Ark and The Rudder. For more information, go to www.receive.org.
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