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Irina Orf (née Volodarska) was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Like most Jews in the Soviet Union, her parents were atheists. But by God’s grace, at age 15, Irina came to know Jesus as her Messiah. After getting her degree in Jewish studies, she served in several different ministries focusing on translation of Christian literature and working with disabled children. For several years, Irina did translation work for Jews for Jesus. In 2000, she joined Jews for Jesus in Kyiv as publications director for Europe. Since then, Irina has taken part in many projects and has co-led many international outreaches and campaigns of Jews for Jesus.

In 2019, she got married and moved to the USA where she continues to work with Jews for Jesus as an international projects manager and as a personal assistant to Avi Snyder, the European ambassador of Jews for Jesus. Irina enjoys speaking in churches about Christ in biblical festivals and the Jewish roots of the Christian faith.