It is in the center to represent Christ being at the center of the fraternity and the lives of its members. These letters come from the book of Revelation, where Jesus Christ says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." The letter Gamma, the third letter in the Greek alphabet, represents Christ, which itself begins with "C", the third letter of the English alphabet. Fraternity letters Īlpha and Omega represent the sovereign majesty of God and His dominion and lordship over all things. The preamble to the fraternity's constitution is as follows:īelieving in the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal savior, we, as Christian young men of Alpha Gamma Omega Fraternity, purpose that it shall be the aim of this fraternity to win others to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, to promote Christian fellowship, to present Christian ideals in word and deed, to search reverently for the truth, to uphold the traditions and ideals of the university, and to deepen the spiritual lives of the members. It maintains a close relationship with its Christian sorority counterpart, Alpha Delta Chi, considered the fraternity's "sister sorority." Alpha Gamma Omega now has chapters at universities in California, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īlpha Gamma Omega ( ΑΓΩ, or AGO) was founded in 1927 at UCLA as a Christ-centered fraternity. ( March 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral.
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