Chapel and Mission Activities - October 2010

Just a Sunday in October - with some family and guests
Kochamma took these on 10-10-10

Four families of youth with Fr John Brian at the chapel 10-17-10

At Rachele's House Warming and the Blessing of New Home 10-16-10

Orthodoxy in Los Angeles (in part)

photos by Teresa Paprock and JBP - layout by JBP

Fr John Brian and Kochamma were honored with the opportunity to pray and light candles at Orthodox Churches in the Los Angeles area at the end of September and beginning of October 2010.

Fr John Brian was asked to speak at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference at St Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine where they attended Great Vespers and were able to venerate the relics of the Holy Unmercenary St Panteleimon and St Kyriakos. 

They also visited the newly consecrated St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Whittier where Fr John Brian said evening prayers.  Mathew Varghese and his son were angels who blessed their visit.

Blessed by an opportunity to visitSt. Leon Armenian Orthodox Cathedral and St. Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Cathedral, both in Burbank, they lit candles.  Fr. Kyrillos was the gracious host for memorial prayers at St. Marina Coptic Orthodox Church in Irvine/Santa Ana.

Pictured above are a few photos of the Orthodox churches and some of the new friends made durign the visits and the conference.  

They also visited other religious sites while site-seeing, including a few of the Cailfornia Missions outside Los Angeles and Mary of Angels Catholic Cathedral downtown. 

Orthodox Peace Conference 2010 - Southern California

OPF Conference 2010 - Interfaith Dialogue
photos by Teresa Paprock etal - layout by JBP

Interfaith Dialogue was the theme for the 2010 Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference that was held October 1-3, 2010 in Irvine, California (a suburb of Los Angeles). The conference was hosted at St Paul's Greek Orthodox Church. Among the speakers was Holy Transfiguration priest-vicar, Fr John Brian. For a list of all the recorded speakers, scroll down. 



The scripture for the conference:

The stranger that stays with you shall be to you as the homeborn among you and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. - Leviticus 19:33-34


OPF Conference 2010 - Interfaith Dialogue
photos by Teresa Paprock - Layout by JBP

Recordings were made at the conference by JBP et al with Christo doing audio editing. Entertainment and film screenings, including the discussion following those presentations were not recorded. Also, the business meeting was not recorded. The dialogue sessions were the longest and were broken up into two or three parts, depending on length. Finally, these are not professional recordings and a couple were recorded on cell phones or in the dining hall (which was not conducive to audio recording with the simple digital recorder available).



"I'd like to buy an enemy"
Friday night production of Ted & Company
photos by Teresa Paprock - layout by JBP






RSS feed for podcast or download any or all of the sessions:
http://frjohnbrian.hipcast.com/rss/interfaithsociety.xml
For individual session pages which have more pictures, please see the list below or visit http://www.interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/

Screened three films: "Out of Cordoba" (Jacob Bender);
"Arranged"; and "God and Allah Need to Talk"
(Ruth Broyde Sharone - pictured in blue dress above). 
On Saturday night, fantastic music by Yuval Ron and Mamak Khadem.
photos by Teresa Paprock - layout by JBP 




OPF1 - The Interfaith Conversation
Rev Dr Ben Johnson, Ph.D. is the founder of Interfaith Community Institute Recorded Friday evening, October 1, 2010 More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/interfaith-conversation.html

OPF2 - Community Dialogue - Part 1
Jahan Stanizai's story
Ms. Stanizai is the president of the Culver City Area Interfaith Alliance.
Recorded Saturday, October 2, 2010
More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/community-dialogue-jahan-stanzai-story.html

OPF3 - Community Dialogue - Part 2
Fr. John Brian's story
Fr John Brian, an Orthodox priest, ordained in 1987, is founder of Interfaith Awareness Week in Wisconsin Recorded Saturday, October 2, 2010 More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/community-dialogue-fr-john-brian-story.html

OPF4 - Community Dialogue - Part 3
Some Discussion
Fr John Brian and Jahan Stanizai interacted with a Q and A discussion Recorded Saturday, October 2, 2010 More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/community-dialogue-some-discussion.html

OPF5 - Pacifica Institute: The Fethullah Gulen Interfaith Award
Bishop Demetrios Honored with Interfaith Award in May 2010. Alex Patico, OPF-North America Secretary and conference coordinator, read the Bishop's address when receiving the award. Attillah Kahveci, President of the Pacifica Foundation in Los Angeles, spoke during lunch. The quality of this recording may vary due to the recording environment.
Recorded Saturday, October 2, 2010
More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/pacifica-institute-fethullah-gulen.html

OPF6 - Jewish-Islamic Dialogue
Led by the Co-Founders of the Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society of Washington DC
- Daniel Spiro - Jewish; - Hytham Younis - Muslim
This recording was made of one of the break-out sessions in the dining hall Saturday, October 2, 2010. The quality of this recording is fair-poor due to the recording environment and the cell phone used to record.
Daniel Spiro made the text of his address available. "Here's an inexact transcript of what I said," he wrote.
More information, find the text or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/jewish-islamic-dialogue-at-opf.html

OPF7 - Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue - Part 1 Presentations - History of a Dialogue
OPF8 - Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue - Part 2 Discussion
- Fr Steven Tsichlis, St Paul Greek Orthodox Church (Irvine, CA)
- Fr Al Baca, St Cecilia Roman Catholic Church (Tustin, CA) This recording was made of one of the break-out sessions in a meeting room Saturday, October 2, 2010 at St Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, Irvine, California (by JBP - audio editing by Christo)
OPF7 - More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/catholic-orthodox-dialogue.html
OPF8 - More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/catholic-orthodox-dialogue-discussion.html

OPF9 - Mennonite-Orthodox Dialogue - Part 1 Presentations
OPF10 - Mennonite-Orthodox Dialogue - Part 2 Discussion
- Fr Alexander Goussetis, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Lancaster, PA)
- Alexander Patico, OPF Secretary (North America)
This recording was made of one of the break-out sessions in a meeting room Saturday, October 2, 2010 at St Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, Irvine, California (by Dena Fokas Moses - audio editing by Christo) Audio quality may vary due to cell phone recording device.
OPF9 - More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/mennonite-orthodox-dialogue.html
OPF10 -More information or to listen on-line:
http://interfaithsociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/mennonite-orthodox-dialogue-discussion.html


OPF11 - Interfaith Dialogue Conference Closing Remarks by Fr John Brian Paprock, Madison, Wisconsin
With an invitation to convene in Madison, Wisconsin for the 2011 Orthodox Peace Conference.
This recording was made of at the end of conference sessions in the evening of Saturday, October 2, 2010.
More information or to listen on-line:
http://frjohbrian.blogspot.com/2010/10/interfaith-dialogue-conference-closing.html
RSS feed for podcast or download: http://feeds.feedburner.com/frjohnbrian or http://frjohnbrian.hipcast.com/rss/spiritual_reflections_or_fr_john_brian.xml

Some more OPF Conference 2010 pictures are posted at

http://picasaweb.google.com/frjohnbrian/OPFConference2010

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN MADISON, WISCONSIN FOR

THE 2011 ORTHODOX PEACE FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE

THE THEME: FORGIVENESS.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT

View of the isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin - photo by JBP

To stay in touch for dates and location, contact the Orthodox Peace Fellowship - North America Secretary, Alex Patico, by sending him an email to: opfnorthamerica@gmail.com