Give your child a memorable experience this summer under the leadership of our Head Counselors - Chris Shadid and Johanna Said!  Register your child(ren) for camp for the summer of 2010 and let them build life-long friendships that are rooted in the Orthodox Faith and Jesus Christ.  The summer of 2010 promises to be an unforgettable one at the Antiochian Village.  Watch our original video for Summer Camp and when your done with that, check out our newest attempt at the art of videos with Summer Camp 2010 Promo: The Sequel.  Register now before we fill up. Take advantage of the early-bird registration discount by paying in full prior to March 1st.  For more information, visit our Registration Page and follow the appropriate directions. 

2010 Summer Camp Registration Availability as of March 4, 2010
Sessions	Dates	Boys Availability	Girls Availability
Session 1	June 20 - July 2	24 spots	28 spots
Session 1 (one week)	June 20-27	5 spots	12 spots
Byzantine Chant	June 20 - July 2	4 spots	2 spots
Session 2	July 4-16	17 spots	15 spots
Session 3	July 18-30	4 spots	Full - please download an application and send it to our office to be placed on the waiting list
Iconography	July 18-26	4 spots	Full - please download an application and send it to our office to be placed on the waiting list
Session 4	August 1-13	28 spots	1 spots

 

For families that have already registered for camp we have a few reminders:

• Early-Bird discount rate deadline is March 1, 2010.
• Request for scholarship assistance deadline is March 1, 2010.  Download the Additional Scholarship Assistance Request Form.
• Download the Medical and Media Consent Forms and return them to our office at least two weeks prior to your camper's arrival.
• Send us travel arrangements for your camper at least two weeks prior to your camper's arrival.
• Download the Camper Parent Handbook for more information pertinent to sending your child to the Antiochian Village.

 

Calling adults who want to give a week or two to assist the vibrant ministry of the Antiochian Village!  An integral part of our ministry at the camp is our Volunteer Staff.  Use your gifts by helping us run our bookstore and gimme shop or doing mid-session laundry and cabin inspections.  Witness and participate in the beautiful liturgical life of the Church when our campers and staff offer their prayers and praise to God.  If this sounds of interrest to you - check out our Volunteer Staff page for more informationa and an application.

Have you ever wanted to get away from it all.  Well now you can with your family at our Family Camp: Homeschool Edition, August 27-30, 2010.  Visit our Family Camp page on our website for more information and to download an application.  Please note that our Family Camp session for Memorial Day weekend is already full.  You may call our office (724-238-9565) to be placed on a waiting list.  Better yet - come in August instead of missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime.

  

The Antiochian Village and the Order of St Ignatius are committed to making certain that our youth have the opportunity to experience camp each summer.  The Order of St Ignatius has committed $175,000 in camper scholarships that may be used at any of the eight camping programs in the Antiochian Archdiocese.  Each parish of the Antiochian Archdiocese has $700 in St. Ignatius scholarship funds to designate to their campers.  For more information on the St. Ignatius scholarships, contact your parish priest immediately.  The deadline for parishes to assign the $700 in scholarship funds is March 1st.  In addition, the eight camping programs (including the Antiochian Village) have additional limited scholarship funding.  To request an additional scholarship, you must complete the new Additional Scholarship Assistance Request Form that each camp has available.  Forms must be completed in their entirety and require the signature of your parish priest.  At the Antiochian Village, additional scholarships will be awarded on a need basis after a March 1st filing deadline.  Click here to download the Antiochian Village Additional Scholarship Assistance Request Form.  Please follow these procedures if you desire to seek additional scholarships for camp.

 

 

Have you heard of the Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys, and so forth?  We hope not, because the zany guys at the Village have done it again.  You won't believe it but Fr Anthony, Marek and Sophie have made another video.  It may be the best video yet, but there is no doubt that Sophie steals the show.  They can't wait to get everyone back to camp for the summer and put to rest these pipe dreams of making to Holywood.  Click here to watch our latest video.  For a few laughs and to learn a little more about the Village check out the Village Videos that have been prepared just for you.

 

*Ncense, a vocal group composed of young men from the Antiochian Archdiocese, has recently released a new CD. Titled "Rising from the East," the new recording contains hymns from the Divine Liturgy for the feast of St. Raphael of Brooklyn. Proceeds from sales of the CD will go to benefit Orthodox camping programs. The project was sponsored by the Fellowship of St. John the Divine, and follows *Ncense's previous recording "Every Good and Perfect Gift."

To order, send $15 plus $2.50 for shipping (no charge for handling at the Village) payable to the Antiochian Village (201 St. Ignatius Trail, Bolivar, PA 15923) or call the camp (724-238-9565) to place an order with a credit card.

 

Join the Antiochian Village Community by becoming a Fan on our AV Facebook page.  Our plans are to have this online interactive community to keep everyone up to date with happenings and information regarding life at the Antiochian Village.  If you have suggestions for our online presence, feel free to contact us.

 

 
Throughout the year, we visit parishes at their invitation to bring the camp home.  Typically, we will bring in staff and alumni of the Village to simulate a day of camp in the local parish.  We encourage our host parish to invite neighboring churches to join us as well.  If you are interested in having the Village come to your parish, please consult your parish priest and have him extend the invitation to us.  We will be visiting the Washington, DC area the weekend of February 26-28, 2010 at Ss. Peter & Paul Church in Potomac, MD.  Download a registration form for Village at Home: DC Style.  For more information regarding the Village at Home in DC, contact Julie Husson.  We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Fr George Shalhoub, Dn. Jim King, Tina Saad and the parishioners of the Basilica of St Marys in Livonia, Michigan for hosting us on the weekend of December 4-6, 2009 for Village at Home: Livonia Style.

 

Construction is underway for new cabins in Unit 2.  For more information, to see updates and photos of the progress, visit our Unit 2 Cabins webpage.

To make room for the new cabins, we had to say goodbye to cabin 25.  Click here to see the demolition of cabin 25.

At present we are building two double cabins and hope to eventually build two more double cabins to complete Unit 2 for our female campers age 9-12.  We welcome your tax-deductible donations so that we might be able to build the two additional cabins.  For more information, contact our Camp Director, Fr Anthony Yazge. 

The Antiochian Village is accredited by the American Camp Association.