Participant Application 2025-2026 - Orthodox Volunteer Corps
Below please find the application to Orthodox Volunteer Corps 2025-26. There are multiple sections of the application but know that you can save your work and return to it later before submitting.
BASIC INFORMATION
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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Phone Number
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Please enter a valid phone number.
Current Address
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Permanent Address
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Sex
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Date of Birth
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Month
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Day
Year
Date
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PARISH
Please input the information of the main parish you attend.
Parish Name
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Parish Jurisdiction (Antiochian, Greek, OCA, Ukrainian, ROCOR, Serbian, Coptic, etc.)
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Parish Address
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
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EDUCATION
What is your highest level of education? (High School, GED, College, Masters, etc.)
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Please list school(s) attended and any degrees obtained.
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If applicable, what was your major college?
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GENERAL
How did you hear about OVC (e.g., social media, friend, family, parish priest, youth worker, internet search)?
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What was most compelling to you about OVC’s recruitment efforts? (examples: virtual info sessions, personal outreach from OVC staff, conversations with current corps members, social media posts, promotional videos, parish or college presentation, that someone nominated you, etc.)
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REFERENCES
Please list two references (1 clergy and 1 non-clergy). Ask each reference to submit a letter directly to OVC--either by email (info@orthodoxvolunteercorps.org) or post (Orthodox Volunteer Corps, P.O. Box 5391, Pittsburgh, PA 15206). Letters must be received by the deadline you are applying for: early deadline (January 27, 2025) or regular deadline (Feb 20, 2025)
Priest Reference
Priest Reference - Name
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First Name
Last Name
Priest Reference - Phone Number
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Please enter a valid phone number.
Priest Reference - Email
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Name of Priest's Parish
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Non-Clergy Reference
Non-Clergy Reference - Name
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First Name
Last Name
Non-Clergy Reference - Phone Number
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Please enter a valid phone number.
Non-Clergy Reference - Email
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example@example.com
Your relationship to the non-clergy reference
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RESUME
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ESSAY QUESTIONS
Please thoughtfully respond to the following three questions.
Question #1 (up to 500 words): Radical comes from the word root and means the fundamental nature of something. Describe a salient example of radical service and explain how this example fits the definition.
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Question #2 (up to 500 words): What is the story of your faith?
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Question #3 (up to 500 words): What do you most want to gain from participating in OVC? What will you give?
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LOCATION PREFERENCE
The 2025-26 program will be running in two locations: Pittsburgh and Boston. Please rank your preference for which location you'd like to be placed should you be accepted. If you have no preference, please indicate so. If accepted, we will do our best to honor preferences but cannot guarantee your location.
Location Preference
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Boston
Pittsburgh
No Preference - either location is fine
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