IOCC: The Orthodox Church in Action

Metropolitan Theodosios of the Orthodox Church in America (5th from right), Bishop Maximos of Pittsburgh (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America), IOCC Founder John G. Rangos Sr., Jenica Rangos and Allegheny County Commissioner Larry Dunn at the first of two giant IOCC airlifts bound for Russia on February 29, 1992. The U.S. military aircraft carried 150,000 pounds of food and medical supplies. The second airlift carried 80,000 pounds to Moscow a few days later. The Rangos Foundation paid more than $1 million to transport the goods from American warehouses to the planes.