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 ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

“Keeping our College Students Connected to the Church”

Scholarships Are Still Available For 2011 College Conference

Brookline, MA – December 6, 2011 

Scholarships are still available for  the 2011 College Conferences. Interested  students are urged to apply during the on-line registration process at events.ocf.net.   Please note  that the deadline for the early-bird discount rate is Dec 15, 2011.

The conferences will be held during Christmas Break in three locations:  St. Nicholas Ranch in Dunlap, Calif.;  Antiochian Village in Bolivar, Pa.; and the  Diakonia Center in Salem, S.C., each centering on Orthodox Christian Fellowship's (OCF) theme for the year - "Raise Me Above This World's Confusion."

College Conference West

St. Nicholas Ranch - Dunlap, Calif.

December 27-30, 2011

Earlybird rate until Dec. 15: $215 - Regular: $240

Keynote speaker - Fr. Josiah Trenham, Pastor of St. Andrew Orthodox Church, Riverside, Calif.

College Conference East

Antiochian Village - Bolivar, Pa.

December 28-31, 2011

Earlybird rate until Dec. 15: $240 - Regular: $265

Keynote speaker - His Grace Bishop Michael Dahulich, Bishop of New York and the Diocese of New York & New Jersey in the Orthodox Church in America

College Conference South

Diakonia Center - Salem, S.C.

December 28-31, 2011

Earlybird rate until Dec. 15: $210 - Regular: $235

Keynote speaker - Fr. Michael Nasser, Pastor of Holy Apostles Orthodox Mission in Bowling Green, Ky.  

Annually, nearly 400 college students from across North America participate in College Conference to learn and grow closer in their Orthodox Faith in an exemplary display of pan-Orthodox fellowship. Each four-day conference includes a prominent keynote speaker, along with workshops led by clergy and lay leaders who are experts in their related fields.  Featured workshop topics will include Understanding Orthodoxy, Comparative Religions, Practicing Your Faith, Contemporary Issues in Orthodoxy, Dating and Personal Relationship, and Serving, defined as "Seeing God in Others."

For more information, call the North American Office at 1-800-919-1623. To register, visit events.ocf.net.