Australian Christian Orthodox Youth
ACOY in Sydney
ACOY Sydney is organising a Youth Retreat on 27-29th of June, 2008, at Camp Kedron. All interested, including those from other states, are welcome. For more information, see the ACOY Sydney page.
ACOY in Melbourne
ACOY Melbourne has appointed a number of people as parish representatives. See more details on the ACOY Melbourne page.
Youth in Adelaide The St Elias Antiochian Orthodox Youth Committee are organising an Arabic night at 6ix on the 6th of June, 2008. For more information, see the
Youth Adelaide page.
Youth in Brisbane
The St Paul's Orthodox Youth Society is organising a number of regular events, including Bible studies and a youth choir. For more information, see the Youth Brisbane page.
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Mission Statement for Youth Ministry
Living the Orthodox Faith in Christ through Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship
Statement of Purpose
We believe that the goal of Orthodox Christian Youth Ministry is the integration of each young person fully into the total life of the Church. We believe that Orthodox Christians must commit themselves to living the Orthodox Faith daily. Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship are the natural expressions of that commitment. We define them as follows:
WORSHIP – For Orthodox Christians, participating in the Holy Tradition through worshipping together is the sacramental expression of our faith. We must also cultivate a daily personal prayer life and reading of Holy Scripture.
WITNESS – Christ call us to be His witness in the world. We must educate our youth and equip them to expressing their faith through their words and deeds to others in order to be true witnesses to Christ and Orthodox Faith.
SERVICE – Christ came not to be served but to serve. We need to encourage our youth to do the same. We honour and glorify God by loving and serving others in the name of Jesus Christ, using our God-given gifts and talents.
FELLOWSHIP – The Holy Trinity is the perfect model of fellowship; the Father, Son and Holy Spirit share perfect communion and exist in perfect love as community. By gathering together in fellowship, and by showing love for one another in Christ, we emulate the life of the Holy Trinity in our daily life.
Our ultimate goal must be to see that our youth grow to love Christ and His Church and to pursue a righteous way of life.
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The Australian Christian Orthodox Youth of Sydney have recently sponsored and funded the creation of the new Archdiocesan website; this is one example of ACOY's financial support of projects that benefit the entire Archdiocese.