AIOPA - Meeting with Protodeacon Peter Danilchick
On May 25, Fr. Christos Mars and Florian Ion met over Zoom with Protodeacon Peter Danilchick to share the current status of the AIOPA work as well as to seek feedback and guidance for the future work. Pdn Peter is a member of the AoB secretariat and the liaison of the Committee for Canonical Regional Planning, a committee charged to formulate a plan to organize all the Orthodox faithful in North America on a canonical basis as well as the author of “Thy Will Be Done: Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Management for Christians”,
The 60min dialog covered the structure, process and progress made by the AIOPA team as well as seeking advice based on how to overcome the current challenges faced in this stage of AIOPA’s team development.
Here are two materials recommended by protodeacon Peter to better understand the diaspora problem as well as the options being pursued:
Interview with Pdn Peter from July 2013 that gives background and current status at the time lasting about 37 minutes. Correcting a Canonical Anomaly - Ancient Faith Presents... | Ancient Faith Ministries
Interview with Pdn Peter and Charles Ajalat in July 2020, oral with transcript. Orthodox Unity - Ancient Faith Today Live | Ancient Faith Ministries
In the end, Fr. Christos and Florian thanked Pdn. Peter for his time dedicated to this meeting as well as his work across tens of years towards the benefit of the Church Unity.