About Us

Coptic Orthodox Society is an organization that offers students a supplement to the secularism of academia, providing a safe space to pray, enjoy Christian fellowship, while bridging the campus to the church throughout their collegiate journey. It is an organization which looks to center itself on Christ and follows in the ancient faith and hopes to support the surrounding community by embodying the spirit of the Church on campus, bridging students to the greater church community. Members are encouraged to integrate their beliefs as Christians into their lives as students by promoting cultural awareness, tolerance and fellowship, while nurturing their spiritual, emotional, mental and social needs. This organization is neither restricted to a singular race nor particular religion. Members are also encouraged to become persons of consequence and active members of the ODU/Hampton Roads Community as well as the greater Coptic Society community. The main vision is to bridge students with the greater church.