This spring we are meeting according to the following schedule.
Weekly Meeting – Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM
Join us in the Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall on Cornell’s campus for our weekly gathering. We have a short compline prayer service followed by a discussion and fellowship. Our list of topics is here and feel free to suggest topics or to sign up to lead one!
Welcome to new students, both undergrad and grad! We hope you will have a wonderful experience during your time in Ithaca/Cornell! We also hope you will consider getting involved with the OCF during your time here! We welcome everyone and would love to have you join us!
We are a branch of the national OCF which is the official campus ministry organization of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America. Our members include undergraduates, graduate students, and post docs from Cornell University and the surrounding area and from all ethnic backgrounds.Our chapter meets at least twice a week. We also have special events throughout the semester including hosting lectures at Cornell, retreats, and working on service projects. You can find out more about what we have been up to by looking through this website.
If you are looking for an Orthodox church in the Ithaca area, there are two: St. Catherine’s in downtown Ithaca and Holy Apostles in Lansing.
To request to be added to our mailing list or to contact us, please email ocfcornell@gmail.com .
We collected supplies for IOCC health kits and packed them at our last regular meeting of the fall semester. We were really blessed by the generosity of the parishoners at Holy Apostles and St. Catherine whose generous donations enabled us to excess our goal of 120 kits and pack 140!
more packing!
A completed kit
Packing the kits
A box full of kits
Some of the group.
Earlier this semester, some OCF members went with members of the St. Catherine’s Philotopochos Society to the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event in Ithaca. There were 98 total volunteers for a variety of churches and organization, packing 131 boxes of food which is over 28,000 meals – enough to feed 77 children for a year.
Despite what it might look like from this blog, we were busy in the 2015-2016 academic year. A brief recap:
Yes! We have been active in the past year! The official OCF webmaster was just a tad overwhelmed by grad school and fell off the bandwagon. However, we were quite active and a brief recap of the 2015-2016 year will be posted shortly.
This year we are meeting at 7:30 pm on Wednesdays in the Edwards Room of Anabel Taylor Hall (ATH) on the Cornell campus. All are welcome to come join us for discussion and fellowship.
Morning prayers are at 9:20 am on Fridays. We meet in the lobby of ATH and then go up to the small catholic chapel.
Welcome back to all returning students and welcome to all new students!
We will be meeting at 7 pm on Wednesdays in Anabel Taylor Hall. The room will vary – check out the board in the lobby of ATH to find us each week! We have some great topics coming our way this semester, as well as some open slots. If you have a topic suggestion or want to volunteer to lead a session send us an email at ocfcornell@gmail.com. We are also planning some fun social events like our second annual BBQ. We hope to see you soon!
| Date | Topic | Person/people leading |
| 9/2/2015 | Topic Brainstorm | N/A |
| 9/9/2015 | Gender & Sexuality in the Church | Jules |
| 9/16/2015 | Orthodoxy, Nationalism and Identity | Radu |
| 9/23/2015 | A Practical Guide to Prayer | |
| 9/30/2015 | Saskatchewan Wife Hunters???!!! Navigating the Single Life as an Orthodox Christian |
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| 10/7/2015 | Ecumenical Relations | Stephen |
| 10/14/2015 | Faith and Hardship: Loss, Grief and Healing | |
| 10/21/2015 | Orthodoxy and Fitness | Bob |
| 10/28/2015 | Orthodox Intellectuals? | |
| 11/4/2015 | Outside Perspectives of Orthodoxy/Orthodox Elevator Speeches | Greg |
| 11/11/2015 | ||
| 11/18/2015 | ||
| 11/25/2015 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 12/2/2015 | ||
| 12/9/2015 | First Day of Finals |
Current list of topics for weekly meetings. Will be updated as needed
1/28 women in the Orthodox church
2/4 sacraments of baptism and chrismation
Cornell Orthodox Christian Fellowship 