Crete 2016
At this crucial moment in the history of our Holy Orthodox Church, the youth and youth workers of the North American continent ask everyone to fervently pray for the Pan-Orthodox Council beginning during the week of Pentecost that the Church as a whole, may discern that the work of the Council is of the Holy Spirit. We pray, as the youth of the Church, for the many challenges this Council will and will not address. As the youth and youth workers of the Holy Orthodox Church here in North America, we ask all Orthodox young people and youth workers to increase their prayers and supplications for the leaders of our Orthodox Churches around the world, that they preserve and proclaim the teachings and unity of the Apostles, in this current age.
At this crucial moment in the history of our Holy Orthodox Church, the youth and youth workers of the North American continent ask everyone to fervently pray for the Pan-Orthodox Council beginning during the week of Pentecost that the Church as a whole, may discern that the work of the Council is of the Holy Spirit. We pray, as the youth of the Church, for the many challenges this Council will and will not address. As the youth and youth workers of the Holy Orthodox Church here in North America, we ask all Orthodox young people and youth workers to increase their prayers and supplications for the leaders of our Orthodox Churches around the world, that they preserve and proclaim the teachings and unity of the Apostles, in this current age.
We fervently pray that our Lord and Savior will bless our Bishops' efforts, and empower them to manifest His Will in all
that they deliberate on, and resolve to do in the course of their time together. Furthermore, we humbly pray that our
Lord will send down His Spirit (that same Spirit that came upon the Holy Apostles in the form of fiery tongues on that
great Day of Pentecost) upon our Bishops to help them discern, clarify, and set forth "the one thing needed" as they try
to bring the Orthodox Faith to those within the countries in which we live, but also to those that may have fallen away
from our "one, true, Faith".