AIOPA - Presentation at OCL’s Mastermind Session

On June 5, Fr. Christos Mars from Annunciation Greek Cathedral (GOA), Fr. Anthony Salzman from St. Philothea Greek Orthodox Church (GOA) and Florian Ion from Sts. Constantine and Helen Church (ROEA/OCA) attended the Orthodox Christian Laity Mastermind Meeting, at the invitation of David Oancea (OCL’s Executive Director) and Nick Anton (OCL’s liaison with AoB).

Fr. Thomas Zain, the liaison for the Committee of Clergy Matters, opened the session with an update from this committee.

Florian and Fr. Christos walked the audience through this presentation, describing AIOPA‘s current process, plans and progress. The presentation was part of the Communications workgroup’s task to spread the word about AIOPA and to identify other markets that can be interested in exchanging information about local area efforts towards Church Unity.

Fr. Ian Pacurar, the co-lead for the Akron pilot market, provided an update on the Akron’s efforts.

The meeting was attended by 17 people from parishes in OH, UT, VA and NJ et. al.