CrossRoad

☦️ CrossRoad Summer 2026 is Officially Underway 🥳

34 teens from across the US have come together in Boston to participate in a program of faith and experience like no other! They will be challenged to dive deeper into what it means to be an Orthodox Christian in the 21st century.

The program first explores an important question – Who am I?

What is your purpose? Your vocation? At CrossRoad, we define vocation as your unique and ongoing response to Christ’s call to love Him with heart, soul, strength and mind and to love your neighbor as oneself.

Stage one of CrossRoad helps participants explore all of these questions in meaningful and engaging ways.

Are you an alumni in Boston, NY or SoCal? Join us this summer for our CrossRoad Alumni Gatherings!

Hang out with fellow alumni, enjoy dinner and refreshments, and most importantly, participate in the CrossRoad “Re-entry” session!

The dates for this year's alumni gatherings are listed below. RSVP at the link in our bio!

June 15th - Boston College Holy Cross at 8:30 PM EST
June 28th - SoCal . Paul's Greek Orthodox Church Irvine, CA. This alumni gathering will be occurring after Divine Liturgy at the parish festival
June 29th - Boston College Holy Cross at 8:30 PM EST
July 15th - NY . Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary at 7:30 PM EST

This past weekend, CrossRoad Institute welcomed over 100 young adults to Pompano Beach, Florida for its third annual CrossRoad 2.0 gathering.

These young adults have come together from across the United States to be immersed in a program of faith and community. They were challenged to dive deep into what it means to be an Orthodox Christian within the fluidity of young adulthood.

CrossRoad curriculum has 3 stages, exploring three important questions:

- Who Am I?
- Who is God?
- Who is My Neighbor?

Within these stages, participants explored two key concepts: our Orthodox understanding of vocation—“your unique and ongoing response to Christ’s call to love God and neighbor”—and telos, the ultimate purpose or end goal that gives direction to that calling.

It is these frameworks that guided our participants in reflection and discussion. Our participants also received the blessing to visit 3 beautiful Orthodox churches in the surrounding area.

📍St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton
📍St. Philip’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Davie
📍Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral in Miami Lakes

Calling all CrossRoad Alumni! We are partnering with IOCC to offer a home build opportunity for CrossRoad Alums! For the 2nd consecutive year, we will be returning to Erwin, TN to continue providing relief and support to the local community. Join our Alumni Action Team to serve families who have lost their homes in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Help us rebuild homes and serve our neighbors in Christ!

🗓️ June 7-13th
📍Erwin TN
💰$100 covers all costs on the ground (excluding your travel to Erwin)

Register at: https://give.iocc.org/event/us-volunteer-registration/e555395
or at the link in our bio ➡️

Learn more by visiting our webpage or by emailing us at [email protected]

Hidden struggles thrive in silence. Dr. Rossi talks about what’s actually happening in our digital lives on the latest episode of Digital Discernment. Listen here: https://crossroadinstitute.org/podcast/

CrossRoad Alumni, Parents, and Friends!

What better way to begin the Lenten season than with a discussion on the delicate work life and spiritual life balance! This topic is prevalent, as this is a balancing act that is ever present for us as Orthodox Christians.

We are excited to welcome Pani Marianna Bannon to lead us for this gathering!

We hope you will join Thursday, February 19, at 7:30pm EST via Zoom, you can find the link to the registration in our bio!

📣 Deadlines are approaching for CrossRoad 2.0 (Feb. 1) and CrossRoad Summer (Feb. 20)!

🔗 Application links in bio! ➡️ Know someone who would benefit from these programs? Share this post!

“Orthodoxy is not a spectator sport!” Hear more about spiritual formation and the Orthodox Church in this episode with Fr. Michael Nasser, Director of Spiritual Formation at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary.

Listen here: https://crossroadinstitute.org/podcast/