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The '''Antiochian Village''' is a center for Orthodox activities located in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, and . It is under the jurisdiction of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]and consists of a conference center and a camp. The camp takes place at It was the site of the Antiochian Village Conference Center[[Ligonier Meeting]] in 1994.

"The current director of Village" hosts Orthodox as well as external events and retreats. The [[Orthodox Christian Fellowship]] East Coast College Conference takes place at the camp conference center each December. There is Fran annual Sts. Michael Nasser, who has served in that capacity since 1997[[Thekla the Protomartyr|Thekla]] and [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael]] Pilgrimage every fall. Antiochian Village includes a summer St. Thekla is the patron saint of an outdoor chapel on the camp (ages 9 – 17), a family camp, a winter camp (grades 7 – 12)grounds, and a teen camp (VillSt. Raphael is buried just next to the outdoor chapel. The Antiochian Archdiocese has many of its national delegate''edge'' Adventuress meetings at the conference center, ages 16 – 18)due to the central location and facilities that are conducive to host such meetings.

"The mission of the Antiochian Village is Camp program holds both a summer and winter camp each year. The summer camp consists of four 2-week sessions from June to present to young people a living experience August each year. Approximately nine hundred campers between the ages of 9 and 17 attend the camp in one summer. Some main parts of the Holy Orthodox Faithsummer camp program are daily services in the St. Ignatius chapel, Christian education classes, a challenge course, in their relationship with God an overnight camping program, and afternoon sports and other activities. There are two 4-day winter camp sessions for older campers (12 to 17 years old) over long weekend breaks from school in an unclutteredthe winter. Winter camp includes a day trip to go snow tubing and various outdoor winter activities. The camp also has a family camp for families to attend together, natural environmentand in 2005 started the Vill''edge'' Adventures program for 16 to 18 year old campers. In the summer of 2006, there will be "Sacred Arts Camps"for [[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine Chanting]] and [[Iconography]].

Antiochian VillageIn addition to [[Thekla the Protomartyr|St. Thekla]] and [[Raphael of Brooklyn|St. Raphael]], the camp's patron [[saints]] are the child saint [[Artemius of Verkola|Artemius]], [[Herman of Alaska|St. Herman of Alaska]] and [[Ignatius of Antioch|St. Ignatius of Antioch]]. The [[reliquary]] at the St. Ignatius Chapel includes [[relics]]  The camp's five patron [[saint]]s are St. [[Thekla the Protomartyr|Thekla]], St. [[Artemius of Verkola|St. Artemius]], St. [[Herman of Alaska|St. Hermanof Alaska]], St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael]], and St. [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius]]. St. Raphael is buried on the grounds of the Village, and a portion of St. Herman's [[relics]] are enshrined in St. Ignatius Chapel at the Antiochian Village, along with relics of St. [[Moses the Ethiopian]] and others, which exude a sweet fragrance.

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