OCN Welcomes Two Advisors to the Ark
4/18/2007
OCN WELCOMES TWO ADVISORS TO THE ARK
Press Release
For more information contact:
Chuck Powell, Development Director
877-273-2348
Ft.
Lauderdale (March 28) – Orthodox Christian Network is proud to welcome
two professional musicians as the advisory team for music selection on
OCN’s 24 hour internet based radio outreach, The Ark.
Ron Moore
and Jimmy Santis have both agreed to assist Emmy Louvaris, the director
of The Ark for OCN, in selecting music for The Ark that honors Christ
and His Church as well as encouraging other Orthodox musicians and
artists to create music that keeps our young people connected to the
Church in this modern world.
Ron Moore has produced 13 albums
of his own and is a convert to the Orthodox Church since 1995. He has
spent many years in the contemporary Christian music world and is very
familiar with the industry. His contribution to The Ark has already
been very important to help us maintain the quality of music and the
discovery of Orthodox Christian musicians who are doing faith based
music from an Orthodox perspective. Ron is a faithful member of the
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
Jimmy
Santis is a life long Orthodox Christian, a singer/songwriter, who has
done both secular and contemporary Christian music. Living in Astoria,
NY, Jimmy’s latest Contemporary Christian Album – Living Waters –
features his very popular song “In Jesus Name.” His contribution to The
Ark will be invaluable as we build a place where Orthodox musicians and
songwriters can share their God-given gifts with the rest of the Church
and the World. Jimmy remains a part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
By
drawing on the diverse talents across the various jurisdictions of the
Orthodox churches here in America, OCN hopes to further strengthen our
unified witness of the Orthodox Christian faith here in “the land of
the free, and the home of the brave.”
Fr. Chris Metropulos,
founder and director of OCN, commented “With professional musicians
like Ron and Jimmy, not to mention committed Orthodox Christians, we
are confident that The Ark will become a genuine refuge for our young
people to hear Christ honoring music that keeps them connected to the
Church.”
OCN is a commissioned agency of SCOBA, the Standing
Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, and our
Orthodox hierarchs have directed OCN to find effective ways to use
modern media to raise awareness of our Orthodox faith in the minds of
the general population and to be an “assistant” to local parish priests
in keeping our faithful attached to the Church between worship
services. For more information, go to www.receive.org.
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Charles Powell
Director of Development- Orthodox Christian Network
877-273-2348
Come Receive The Light
chuck@receive.org