Tag: IOCC
IOCC to be featured on PBS Sunday, January 26
BALTIMORE, MD - 25/1/14 International Orthodox Christian Charities’ humanitarian responseto Syrian refugees living in Jordan will be featured on the PBS program, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, on Sunday, ... Read More
Healing The Hidden Wounds Of War In Syria
January - 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Joumana will never forget the day she, her husband and two children abandoned their home in the war-torn ... Read More
2014 IOCC Internship Program
Since 1998, IOCC has offered an internship program to undergraduates and recent college graduates interested in careers in international relief and development. The IOCC Internship ... Read More
IOCC Delivers Winter Relief To Greece’s Most Vulnerable
January 2014 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — As snow and nighttime temperatures fall in portions of Greece, the country's most vulnerable – the elderly, people with ... Read More
IOCC Sunday is November 24
SYOSSET, NY - 22/11/13 Each year, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America designates the Sunday before US Thanksgiving Day as ... Read More
IOCC Responds To Victims
13/11/13 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Just four days after the most powerful tropical storm ever to make landfall blasted across the Philippines with wind speeds ... Read More
Ministries Conference participants challenged to put their “faith into action
15/7/13 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the Divine Liturgy at Saint Nicholas Cathedral here that marked the close of the Orthodox Church in America’s ... Read More
Orthodox Leaders Discuss Social Outreach at White House
18/12/2012 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — More than 80 representatives of the nation's Orthodox Christian service organizations joined together at the White House today to discuss ... Read More
Cyclists in McKees Rocks raise funds for Orthodox charity working in Syria and elsewhere
Ann Rodgers 25/7/2012 International Orthodox Christian Charities is one of the most effective charities you’ve probably never heard of. It represents all of the ethnic ... Read More
AHEPA Initiatives to Help Relieve People in Debt-Ridden Greece
16/2/2012 Stella Tsolakidou To donate to AHEPA Foundation, Inc. online, visit www.ahepa.org The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), a leading membership-based association for the ... Read More
Emergency Assistance to Syrian IDPs and Refugees
13/2/2012 1.Brief description of the emergency Since March 2011, anti-government protests in Syria continue to grow and have led to military actions between armed groups ... Read More
IOCC Sends New Wave of Relief to Serbia’s Earthquake Survivors
12/1/2012 One year after an earthquake in the Serbian village of Vitanovac crumbled the walls of her home and destroyed her only source of heat, ... Read More
IOCC recruiting volunteers for 2012 Orthodox Action Teams
BALTIMORE, MD 30/12/2011 Since the devastating hurricanes in 2005, International Orthodox Christian Charities has provided over 600 volunteers and thousands of man hours to help ... Read More
As UN declares famine in Somalia, IOCC responds with aid to refugee Camps
21/7/2011 Responding to the United Nations announcement declaring a famine in two regions of Somalia, International Orthodox Christian Charities , in cooperation with the Ethiopian ... Read More
The Voice of Orthodoxy Forwards $1,200 to IOCC for Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Victims
June 5, 2011 THE VOICE OF ORTHODOXY WEBSITE Chor-Episcopos Dr. Kyriakos of Chicago, President of The Voice of Orthodoxy, Inc., a Ministry for Global Orthodoxy, ... Read More
Metropolitan Council Charity Committee forwards $5000 donation to IOCC
06/03/2011 SYOSSET, NY -- The Charity Committee of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America recently approved and sent a $5,000.00 donation to ... Read More
Orthodox Christians Assist Tornado-Stricken Areas of Alabama
14/5/2011 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — A shipment of personal health kits, many of which were donated by Orthodox Christians from across the United States, have ... Read More
Japanese Orthodox hierarchs to develop ongoing recovery Efforts
04/08/2011 BALTIMORE, MD -- Nearly a month after the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded struck the eastern coast of Japan and touched off a devastating ... Read More
IOCC Supports Earthquake Relief Efforts of the Greek Archdiocese of New Zealand
1/3/2011 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — As survivors begin to piece back their lives in the New Zealand city of Christchurch following a 6.3 magnitude quake ... Read More
IOCC Assists Serbian Orthodox Church Establish Recovery Center for Australia Flood Victims
IOCC Assists Serbian Orthodox Church Establish Recovery Center for Australia Flood Victims 17/2/2011 Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — In response to widespread catastrophic flooding centered in ... Read More
Orthodox Christians battle hunger on Super Bowl Sunday
01/28/2011 BALTIMORE, MD -- When the Green Bay Packers face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on February 6, Orthodox Christians throughout the US ... Read More