http://orthodoxwiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=DStall&feedformat=atomOrthodoxWiki - User contributions [en]2013-05-18T18:18:45ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.18.0http://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2009-03-29T14:25:47Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acres of mostly wooded land in southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
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A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a university degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (ashamedly) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial, east side.<br />
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Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about eastern Christianity in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent), wherein lay the relics of St. John Maximovich, whom I also count as patron. It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) Ancient Faith.<br />
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Interest in genealogy and my family‘s cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, cooperatives, intentional community, sustainable living, co-housing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
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I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall<br />
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[[Category:User Pages|{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2009-03-29T14:11:08Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acres of mostly wooded land in southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (ashamedly) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial, east side.<br />
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Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in genealogy and my family‘s cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, cooperatives, intentional community, sustainable living, co-housing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
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I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall<br />
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[[Category:User Pages|{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Peace_FellowshipOrthodox Peace Fellowship2009-03-29T14:00:38Z<p>DStall: /* External links */</p>
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<div>The '''Orthodox Peace Fellowship of the Protection of the Mother of God''' is an organization dedicated to the active pursuit of peace as taught in the Gospel of Jesus Christ from an Orthodox Christian perspective. The OPF is pan-Orthodox in scope and places great emphasis on peacemaking in all areas of life, including opposition to abortion, pro-active work among the needy and orphans, as well as praying and working to root out the causes of violence in homes, parishes, between states and in the world.<br />
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Unlike similar peace fellowships of other religious traditions, the OPF is a non-political and non-partisan organization. Instead their work centers in three main areas: theological research, publications, and practical assistance in conflict areas. They produce a quarterly journal entitled ''In Communion''.<br />
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==Current leadership==<br />
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'''Officers:'''<br />
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*Michael Bakker, President<br />
*Hanna Bos, Vice President<br />
*[[Jim Forest]] and Nancy Forest, Co-Secretaries<br />
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'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
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*Archbishop [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania]]<br />
*Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]]<br />
*Bishop [[Basil (Osborne) of Sergievo]]<br />
*[[Elisabeth Behr-Siegel]], deceased<br />
*Fr. [[Anthony M. Coniaris|Anthony Coniaris]]<br />
*Fr. Stephen Headley<br />
*Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]]<br />
*Fr. Heikki Huttunen<br />
*[[Frederica Mathewes-Green]]<br />
*Fr. [[John Matusiak]]<br />
*Fr. Sergei Ovsiannikov<br />
*Fr. George Papademetriou<br />
*Dr. [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], deceased<br />
*Dr. Albert Raboteau<br />
*Philip Tamoush<br />
*Fr. [[Steven Peter Tsichlis|Steven Tsichlis]]<br />
*Fr. Theodoor van der Voort<br />
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==Controversy== ---><br />
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[[Category:Organizations]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.incommunion.org/ In Communion: The Website of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship]<br />
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/peace.htm A Prayer for Peace]<br />
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/pc/pc79.htm A Prayer for Peace Prayer Card]<br />
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[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T23:23:36Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acres of mostly wooded land in southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (ashamedly) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in genealogy and my family‘s cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T23:22:49Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acres of mostly wooded land in southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in genealogy and my family‘s cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T23:06:05Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre, mostly wooded tract in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in genealogy and my family‘s cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T23:04:15Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre, mostly wooded tract in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T23:03:17Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my recently departed, dear ole dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much - nearest Liturgy is 85-100 miles away), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T22:53:57Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) first became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. The Fellowship is pan-Orthodox and describes itself as “proclaiming the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ”. <br />
<br />
The ministry of the OFT focuses on bringing the cosmology of Orthodox Christian theology to relevance in modern life, and its outreach extends to any interested Orthodox parish, group or person. Program development and outreach are ongoing, and feedback is welcomed. <br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, and houses an extensive library of Orthodox creation related resources for sharing of information. To date, the OFT has published newsletters, organized “Christ in the Wilderness” program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, developed a follow-up correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and initiated an “Orthodox Climate Initiative”. <br />
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The organization is overseen by a nine member Steering Committee that includes Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]] and is aided by an eight member Advisory Board that includes HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]] of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church and HG Bishop [[Demetrios_(Trakatellis)_of_America|Demetrios]] of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. <br />
<br />
'''From the OFT mission statement:'''<br />
“The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.”<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios_(Trakatellis)_of_America|Demetrios]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Fr. John H. Erickson<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T22:51:48Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) first became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. The Fellowship is pan-Orthodox and describes itself as “proclaiming the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ”. <br />
<br />
The ministry of the OFT focuses on bringing the cosmology of Orthodox Christian theology to relevance in modern life, and its outreach extends to any interested Orthodox parish, group or person. Program development and outreach are ongoing, and feedback is welcomed. <br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, and houses an extensive library of Orthodox creation related resources for sharing of information. To date, the OFT has published newsletters, organized “Christ in the Wilderness” program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, developed a follow-up correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and initiated an “Orthodox Climate Initiative”. <br />
<br />
The organization is overseen by a nine member Steering Committee that includes Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]] and is aided by an eight member Advisory Board that includes HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]] of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church and HG Bishop [[Demetrios_(Trakatellis)_of_America|Demetrios]] of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. <br />
<br />
From the OFT mission statement:<br />
“The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.”<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios_(Trakatellis)_of_America|Demetrios]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Fr. John H. Erickson<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T22:47:00Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) first became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. The Fellowship is pan-Orthodox and describes itself as “proclaiming the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ”. <br />
<br />
The ministry of the OFT focuses on bringing the cosmology of Orthodox Christian theology to relevance in modern life, and its outreach extends to any interested Orthodox parish, group or person. Program development and outreach are ongoing, and feedback is welcomed. <br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, and houses an extensive library of Orthodox creation related resources for sharing of information. To date, the OFT has published newsletters, organized “Christ in the Wilderness” program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, developed a follow-up correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and initiated an “Orthodox Climate Initiative”. <br />
<br />
The organization is overseen by a nine member Steering Committee that includes Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]] and is aided by an eight member Advisory Board that includes HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]] of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church and HG Bishop [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos|Demetrios]] of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. <br />
<br />
From the OFT mission statement:<br />
“The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.”<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos|Demetrios]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Fr. John H. Erickson<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T22:18:45Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my dearly, recently departed dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much, especially the 85-100 miles to attend nearest Liturgy), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on The Holy Mountain, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T22:11:37Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my dearly, recently departed dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much, especially the 85-100 miles to attend nearest Liturgy), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly contemporary Orthodox Christian lifestyle and culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on Mt.Athos, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T22:07:55Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my dearly, recently departed dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much, especially the 85-100 miles to attend nearest Liturgy), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, and animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly modern Orthodox Christian lifestyle and “new world” culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on Mt.Athos, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T22:07:26Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my dearly, recently departed dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much, especially the 85-100 miles to attend nearest Liturgy), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, whole food, animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly modern Orthodox Christian lifestyle and “new world” culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on Mt.Athos, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T21:54:46Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my dearly, recently departed dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much, especially the 85-100 miles to attend nearest Liturgy), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, ayurvedic & health food, animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly modern Orthodox Christian lifestyle and “new world” culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on Mt.Athos, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
I can be found on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/User:DStallUser:DStall2008-12-14T21:54:21Z<p>DStall: New page: My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and ma...</p>
<hr />
<div>My name is '''D Stall''', and I live (semi-eremitical) on my family's 50 acre spread in rural southeast Central Texas. From there, I freelance as a webdesigner/developer, and design and maintain the website of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]], among others. Previously, I worked as a registered landscape architect (20+ years) in Houston, Austin and San Francisco.<br />
<br />
A Texas A&M University cum laude alum (BS Landscape Architecture & BS Horticulture), I am third in the first generation of my family to earn a degree. I can also be described as the great-grandson of Texas pioneers, grandson of Texas subsistence farmers, and (shamefully) a “city-slicker“ (as my dearly, recently departed dad would say), seeing how I was born and reared in Houston, post-war (WWII - the “big” one) on the blue-collar, industrial east side.<br />
<br />
Baptized and confirmed in LCMS, I first wondered about Orthodoxy in the 70s when I came upon a National Geographic photo of a young girl lighting a candle before an icon in “Great Religions of the World”, a book I had purchased for extra reading in my architectural history class. A classmate informed me of the Greek Festival in Houston, but I never managed to attend. The first Orthodox temple I set foot in was the Cathedral of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, in 1992 (possibly during Nativity Lent). It took eight more years of spiritual seeking for me to “find” (or be found by) the Orthodox Church.<br />
<br />
Interest in my genealogy and cultural heritage has deepened my appreciation of Orthodox Christianity. While the apostle St. Pavlos is my personal patron, my family patron is St. Boniface of Crediton. An avid reader and practitioner of the prayer of the heart (I don't go out much, especially the 85-100 miles to attend nearest Liturgy), my favorite books include the ”Prologue From Ochrid” by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, and ”The Southern Landscape Tradition in Texas” by John Brinkerhoff Jackson. <br />
<br />
Other interests include: <br />
history, historical preservation, cultural geography, intentional community, sustainable living, cohousing, voluntary simplicity, fair trade, agrarianism, alternative energy, off-grid homesteading, homeschooling, nature study, hiking, gardening, ethno-botany, ayurvedic & health food, animal husbandry (especially goats). <br />
<br />
But my greatest interest is in synthesizing all these interests toward development of a distinctly modern Orthodox Christian lifestyle and “new world” culture, inspired by “sobornopravanist” – the local agrarian community as the center of Orthodox church life as manifestated on Mt.Athos, in Old Russia and during the middle ages in Western Europe.<br />
<br />
You can find me on the web at [http://DStall.com DStall.com] or Skype d_stall</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T20:17:45Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>Fr. Dr. '''John Chryssavgis''' is a [[priest]] in the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], who serves on the Steering Committee of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]] and as theological advisor to the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]] on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
==Life==<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary]] (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on [[Mount Athos]], he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew’s Theological College]] in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross School of Theology]], directed the Religious Studies Program at [[Hellenic College (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Hellenic College]] until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
He is the author of numerous books and articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox spirituality.<br />
<br />
==Works==<br />
*''Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview'' (revised ed., 2007). ISBN (1999 ed., ISBN 978-1880971420)<br />
*''Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew I'' (revised ed., 2009). ISBN 978-0802862617.<br />
*''In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers'' (revised ed., 2008). ISBN 978-1933316567. (2005 ed., ISBN 978-0941532518).<br />
*''John Climacus: From the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain'' (2004). ISBN 978-0754650409.<br />
*''Light Through Darkness: The Orthodox Tradition'' (2004). ISBN 978-1570755484. <br />
*''Love, Sexuality, and the Sacrament of Marriage'' (2005). ISBN 978-1885652034.<br />
*''Repentance and Confession in the Orthodox Church'' (1990). ISBN 978-0917651564.<br />
*''Soul Mending'' (2005). ISBN 978-1885652478.<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T20:17:19Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fr. Dr. '''John Chryssavgis''' is a [[priest]] in the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] and who serves on the Steering Committee of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]] and as theological advisor to the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]] on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
==Life==<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary]] (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on [[Mount Athos]], he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew’s Theological College]] in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross School of Theology]], directed the Religious Studies Program at [[Hellenic College (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Hellenic College]] until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
He is the author of numerous books and articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox spirituality.<br />
<br />
==Works==<br />
*''Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview'' (revised ed., 2007). ISBN (1999 ed., ISBN 978-1880971420)<br />
*''Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew I'' (revised ed., 2009). ISBN 978-0802862617.<br />
*''In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers'' (revised ed., 2008). ISBN 978-1933316567. (2005 ed., ISBN 978-0941532518).<br />
*''John Climacus: From the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain'' (2004). ISBN 978-0754650409.<br />
*''Light Through Darkness: The Orthodox Tradition'' (2004). ISBN 978-1570755484. <br />
*''Love, Sexuality, and the Sacrament of Marriage'' (2005). ISBN 978-1885652034.<br />
*''Repentance and Confession in the Orthodox Church'' (1990). ISBN 978-0917651564.<br />
*''Soul Mending'' (2005). ISBN 978-1885652478.<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T20:08:58Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T20:05:37Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T20:01:58Z<p>DStall: /* Current leadership */</p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T20:00:58Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas|Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos]]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios|Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T20:00:31Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas|Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios|Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:58:16Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]<br />
*HG Bishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios]<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:51:16Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of [[Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]] and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:49:59Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of [[The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration|Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]] and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:49:42Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of [[The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration | Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]] and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:48:56Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of [[The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration]] and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:45:44Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. [[John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:45:02Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image] review by Vincent Rossi<br />
[[Category:Modern Writers]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:39:22Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*[[Fr. John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:38:32Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, which also features the OFT Community Forum which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*[[Fr. John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the OFT website<br />
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowships online meeting place<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:27:09Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] The website also features the [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*[[Fr. John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:26:10Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] The website also features the [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*[[Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T19:25:39Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at the OFT website, [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] The website also features the [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] which anyone can access upon registering, and where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*[[Fr. John Chryssavgis]]<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:19:54Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
'''Review:'''<br />
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b Beyond the Shattered Image]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/John_ChryssavgisJohn Chryssavgis2008-12-14T19:03:31Z<p>DStall: New page: Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration and as theological advisor to the Ec...</p>
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<div>Fr. Dr. John Chryssavgis resides with family in Bath, Maine USA, and serves on the Steering Committee of The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration and as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues. <br />
<br />
Born in Australia (1958), he matriculated from The Scots College (1975), received his degree in Theology from the University of Athens (1980), a diploma in Byzantine Music from the Greek Conservatory of Music (1979), and was awarded a research scholarship to St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary (1982). He completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at the University of Oxford (1983).<br />
<br />
After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984-94) and was co-founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub-Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986-95). He also served as Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90), in the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney, and in Patristics at Balamand University in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Fr. John moved to Boston in 1995, where he was appointed Professor of Theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, directed the Religious Studies Program at Hellenic College until 2002, and established the Environment Office there in 2001. In May 2008, he delivered the 8th Annual SS. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St. Paul’s Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His lecture, “Remembering Sacred Silence”, touched on the subtle variations of solitude, silence and stillness in the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. <br />
<br />
The author of several books and numerous articles in several languages on the Church Fathers and Orthodox Spirituality, Fr. John’s publications include “Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch” (Eerdmans, 2003; 2nd ed. forthcoming) and “Beyond the Shattered Image: Insights into an Orthodox Christian Ecological Worldview” (Light and Life, 2nd ed. 2007).<br />
<br />
'''Review of Beyond the Shattered Image:'''<br />
http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T18:11:29Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where the Executive Director, Fred Krueger, maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org There is also a Community Forum which anyone can access after registering, where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.<br />
<br />
==Current leadership==<br />
<br />
'''Officers:'''<br />
<br />
*Fred Krueger, Executive Director<br />
<br />
'''Steering Committee:'''<br />
<br />
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman<br />
*Fr. Terence Baz<br />
*Fr. John Chryssavgis<br />
*Fr. D. Sergei Kapral<br />
*Frederick Krueger<br />
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul<br />
*Fr. Michael Massouh<br />
*Fr. Robert Popichak<br />
*Vincent Rossi<br />
<br />
'''Advisory Board:'''<br />
<br />
*HE Metropolitan Nicholas <br />
*HG Bishop Demetrios<br />
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos<br />
*Fr. Nicholas Apostola<br />
*Christine Shahin-Wood<br />
*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher<br />
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon<br />
*Dr. John H. Erickson <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Organizations]]</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T17:56:24Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org There is also a Community Forum which anyone can access after registering, where OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T17:54:46Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org There is also a Community Forum which anyone can access after registering, and OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T17:54:04Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
<br />
Articles, other information, publications for sale, email contact and mailing address are accessible online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org . There is also a Community Forum which anyone can access after registering, and OFT Members can communicate with each other via a Members private group.</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T17:33:42Z<p>DStall: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published newsletters, organized Christ in the Wilderness program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, a follow-up correspondence course on The Virtues & Ecological Practice, and an Orthodox Climate Initiative.<br />
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Library articles, publications, other information, a Community Forum, email contact, and mailing address are all accessible online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org .</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T17:25:41Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
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OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT became a SCOBA endorsed organization in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published two newsletters and organized four Christ in the Wilderness program events.<br />
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The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration is located online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org . The OFT Community Forum can be accessed from the website.</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T17:24:14Z<p>DStall: </p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT is a SCOBA endorsed organization founded in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published two newsletters and organized four Christ in the Wilderness program events.<br />
<br />
The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration is located online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org . The OFT Community Forum can be accessed from the website.</div>DStallhttp://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Fellowship_of_the_TransfigurationOrthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration2008-12-14T15:40:03Z<p>DStall: New page: The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ! OFT exists to hallow God'...</p>
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<div>The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!<br />
<br />
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments<br />
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.<br />
<br />
OFT is a SCOBA endorsed organization founded in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.<br />
<br />
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger administers program development and educational communication with members nationwide. To date, OFT has published two newsletters and organized four Christ in the Wilderness program events.</div>DStall