Applications now open for Youth Action Grants in the Holy See of Pittsburghtranslated

The "Metropolitan Maximos" Endowment, which funds programs for children and youth, is launching its first funding program and accepting applications for grants of up to $10,000. Following the example of the beloved Metropolitan Maximus, he is going to finance innovative actions aimed at children and young people of the Holy Metropolis of Pittsburgh. The Endowment was established in 2020 in honor of the blessed Metropolitan Maximos. For more than 32 years, "Metro Max", as he was fondly called, served as the Metropolitan of Pittsburgh with tireless zeal, always having close to him the young people, in whose person he saw the future of the Church. That is why the programs aimed at children and young people had a special place in his ministry.

Whether he was sharing stories with the kids at camp, cheering on the youth at the GOYA tournaments, or even spiritually guiding the students at the Orthodox Christian Student Brotherhood (OCF) meetings, Metropolitan Maximus has been a pioneer in the pastoral care of Orthodox youth in America. And this is because he deeply believed that spiritual cultivation and...