Service on Sunday May 17th. Please note that the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 9:00 next Sunday. There will be no Orthros service. The earlier Divine Liturgy is to allow those who want to attend Liturgy and still work at the Festival. Please make note of this change.


Baptism We welcomed Sofia Ekaterina Stonestreet into the Orthodox Church through her Baptism on Saturday May 9th. Sofia is the daughter of John and Anastasia (Bacalis) Stonestreet of Chapel Hill and grandaughter of Fr. Nicholas & Presvitera Bacalis of Saints Constantine & Helen Cathedral in Richmond Virginia.

Sofia's grandfather Fr. Nicholas was the main celebrant of the Baptism while Presvitera, in her beautiful voice, sang the responses. Sofia`s sponsors in the Sacrament were Katrina Kellen of Saint Nektarios in Charlotte and Patrick Gray of Holy Transfiguration in New Haven CT. Father Theodore Roupas (Holy Trinity) and Fr. Andrew Koufopoulos assisted. Na Mas Zisi !



Festival Food Preparation: Thursday night, MAY 14 > at Mariakakis 5:00 PM-10:00 PM slicing, dicing, and general food preparation.



Greek Festival 2009: Please mark your calendars to set aside the weekend of May 15-17 to work at our Church's annual Greek Festival. The Committee will be setting up sign up sheets after Divine Liturgy during the month of April. We ask everyone to try to commit to at least a four hour shift each day of the festival, although many people will be committing to working the entire day of each day of the festival.

Realizing some of people will be away, due to out-of-town commitments,we ask if you would consider making a donation towards some of the food supplies we will be needing:

Case of chicken souvlaki $ 50.00
case of pork souvlaki $40.00
case of gyro meat $55.00
bucket of Olives $75.00
bucket of feta $55.00

Our festival is a vital source of funds from outside our parish to help pay of our mortgage for our new church.

Thank you,
Festival Committee