Interview with Fr. Peter Orfanakos

Jenny Haddad Mosher and Anna Kallis, director of TelosGamma, discuss regional efforts at YA ministry, how Telos is evolving, and share an invitation for Chicago area parishes to apply for the next regional cohort.

Ann, Jenny, and Adam sit down with Fr. Greg Christakos to discuss a new Bible study!

Jenny and Ann chat with Fr. Peter Orfanakos, head priest at Telos pilot parish St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, about how bringing young adults into leadership sparks new growth in a parish.

This episode is an excerpt from a talk to Telos POP participants by Greg Jones, Dean of Duke Divinity School, in which he discusses innovation in the context of our parishes and the Church as a whole.

This episode is an excerpt from a talk by Fr. Theophan Whitfield from the most recent Telos POP zoom event. Father touches on the current state of Orthodoxy in America and highlights our call to serve the Liturgy after the Liturgy.

Jenny, Adam, and Ann connect with Panos Coufos, Youth Director of the Metropolis of Boston, to discuss a new project, the Thriving Congregations Initiative.

Jenny and Adam talk to Spiro Costidis, Demetra Zouzas, and Angelique Myres about what it looks like to take a year to attend seminary and study the Orthodox faith as young adults amidst a pandemic.

Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides interviews Deacon Michael Hyatt, who serves at St. Igantius Orthodox Church in Franklin, TN, on leadership in an Orthodox context and how to stay spiritually healthy in the pandemic.

Jenny interviews Sophia Garrison, a Telos team member at St. John in Memphis, about the evolution that happens as a Telos team grows together in common ministry.

Jenny interviews Salemi Khoury, Parish Council President at one of the Telos POP Parishes. Salimi discusses what it has been like to serve in such a prominent leadership role as a Young Adult.