TRANSITIONING
FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE
A Panel Discussion

Following Fr. Timothy Hojnicki's presentation on Transitions: Supporting and Navigating Change from High School to College, conference participants will be encouraged to interact with panelists who can readily speak to the real challenges and opportunities faced in these early-life transitions. Our panel offers unique and holistic perspectives from vantage points as college students and youth ministers, eager to connect students, teachers, parents, mentors, ministers, and hospitable communities in faith formation and meaningful ministry within the context of early-life transitions.

Kyra Limberakis, M.T.S is Director of the CrossRoad Summer Institute and Assistant Director of the Office of Vocation & Ministry at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. She received her bachelor's degree from Villanova University and her Master of Theological Studies from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry where she focused her studies on youth and young adult ministry as well as the ministry of women in the Church. Kyra’s experience in youth work spans 10+ years and includes serving as staff for her metropolis camp, Ionian Village, OCF, and CrossRoad—all programs that were part of her own faith formation. In addition to working in full time ministry, Kyra has published articles on the topic of young women’s faith formation. The granddaughter of an Orthodox priest, she is committed to the education and ministry of young people for the future of the Church.

Dimitrios (Dima) Rentel is a senior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and studies Classics and Middle Eastern Studies. In 2019, he worked as the OCA's Project Coordinator in the Youth Department, traveling from camp to camp the entire summer in an effort to assess in what state youth ministry was in America and what might need to be done, and continues to work with the OCA in determining how best to serve its youth and young adults. He hopes to graduate in June, 2022.

Steven Christoforou is the Director of Y2AM, the Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He is a graduate of Yale University, Fordham University School of Law, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. 

​He is passionate about sharing the Gospel in a clear and accessible way and helping people see Christ at work in their lives.

Father Timothy Hojnicki was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He is a 2002 graduate from the University of Delaware, where he received his B.S. in Family & Community Services. He received his MDiv from St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in May of 2005. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood in January of 2005, and in June of 2005 he was assigned to Holy Apostles Mission in Mechanicsburg, PA, where he currently serves as pastor. He has taught liturgics and homiletics at St. Tikhon’s Seminary, and given many retreats and talks over the years. He also serves as a instructor in apologetics for the St. Raphael School. He is married to his lovely wife, Anastasia, and has four children: Nicholas, Kyra, Elijah, and Joachim. He was a participant in the 2nd conference, and looks forward to presenting at this one! ​​

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