Orthodox Volunteer Corps begins recruiting 2026 cohort
Orthodox Volunteer Corps (OVC), an agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, is now recruiting Orthodox young adults for its fall 2026 cohorts in Boston and Pittsburgh. The
The Orthodox Volunteer Corps has worked another year. These are the stories of two volunteers
The patron saint of the Orthodox Volunteer Corps (OVC), an organization that places twentysomethings in lines of volunteerism in Pittsburgh and Boston, is Mother Maria of Paris—a Russian poet, nun, and member of the Parisian resistance who was killed in the Holocaust and later canonized as a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Her life of service, Boston OVC volunteer Harry Parks points out, was two-fold.
Orthodox Volunteer Corps CEO Reflects
On Friday, June 6, 2025, Michael Sider-Rose, Chief Executive Officer of Orthodox Volunteer Corps, shared the following reflection with OVC’s supporters.
