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The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) first became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. The Fellowship is pan-Orthodox and describes itself as “proclaiming the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ”Christ,” with a primary focus on relating Christianity to environmental issues in the U.S. and Canada as they also relate to global concerns. It is open to membership by Orthodox Christians who belong to canonical churches in North and Central America.

The ministry of the OFT focuses on bringing the cosmology of Orthodox Christian theology to relevance in modern life, Program development and its outreach extends to any interested Orthodox parishwith parishes, seminaries, group or person. Program development groups and outreach individuals are ongoing, and feedback is welcomed. It hosts a website providing information and a forum on Orthodoxy and the environment (now including a blog also available on Facebook and Twitter), and sponsors conferences and publications on the same. In 2010 it organized with St. Tikhon's Seminary a conference on "Orthodoxy and the Environment," audio files of which are posted on Ancient Faith Radio, and earlier organized a conference on the same topic at St. Herman of Alaska Seminary. It also has organized "Christ in the Wilderness" workshops at Yosemite National Park (2005 and 2011), Long Island (2007), Sharon MA (2005), and Mount Rainier (2005).

The office of OFT has published newsletters and developed a correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and is publishing in 2012 a guide to "Greening the Orthodox Parish." The OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, the hometown of its executive director, Frederick W. Krueger, a pioneer in what is now often called the "Creation Care" movement among U.S. Chirstians and now also national coordinator of the U.S. National Religious Coalition on Creation Care. The OFT office there houses an extensive a library of Orthodox creation -related resources for sharing of information. To date, the OFT has published newsletters, organized “Christ in the Wilderness” program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, developed a follow-up correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and initiated an “Orthodox Climate Initiative”.

The organization is overseen by a nine Steering Committee as well as by an Advisory Board. A member of its Steering Committee that includes , Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]] and is aided by an eight advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarchate on environmental issues. Another Steering Committee member Advisory , Anne Glynn-Mackoul, currently chairs the Board that of Trustees of St. Vladimir's Seminary. Its advisory board includes HE Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) Bishop Dimitrios of Amissos|Nicholas]] of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church Xanthos and HG Bishop [[Demetrios_(Trakatellis)_of_America|Demetrios]] Illya Katre, and Fr. Chad Hatfield, CEO of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of AmericaSt. Vladimir's Seminary.

'''Officers:''' *Fred Krueger, Executive Director '''Steering Committee:'''

Frederick W. Krueger, Executive Director*Fr. Terence Baz, Treasurer

*HE Metropolitan HG Bishop [[Nicholas Dimitrios_(SmiskoTrakatellis) of Amissos_of_America|NicholasDimitrios]]*HG Bishop [[Demetrios_(Trakatellis)_of_America|Demetrios]]Illya Katre*Fr. Chad Hatfield

*FrDr. Nicholas Apostola*Christine Shahin-Wood*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher

 "'Internet Ministry Consultants"' *Fr. John H. EricksonSteve Zydek, Internet*Heather Zydek, Social Media*Olesya Siewers, Web Content