September 15—September 18, 2016

FESTIVAL RAFFLE Win a $2,000 Travel Voucher & Design Your Own

Vacation Package (or $1500 cash if you opt out of the package)

2nd Place $750 Cash 3rd place $500 Cash

Other Great Prizes Include... Patriots Tickets, Gift Certificates to great area restaurants and More

$5 Each or 5 entries for $20

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Make sure to visit our vendors under the tent and our children’s area!

4:00 PM Greek Music by Apollo Sound Systems

Thursday, September 17 (11AM—10PM)

Friday, September 18 (11AM—11PM)

6:00 PM Live Music by the Olympians

Saturday, September 19 (11AM—11PM)

6:00 PM Live Music by the Olympians

7:30 PM Dance Performance by Paradosi Dance Group

Sunday, September 20 (12PM—6PM)

5:00 PM Great Vespers

8:00 PM Sons & Daughters of Alexander the Great Dance Group Performance

1:00 PM Greek Music by Apollo Sound Systems

1:00 PM Greek Music by Apollo Sound Systems

1:00 PM Greek Music by Apollo Sound Systems

1:30 PM Dance Performance by Paradosi Dance Group

6:00 PM Raffle Drawing

Baklava (phyllo dough layered w/ walnuts) $3.00

Kataifi (shredded phyllo dough w/walnuts & syrup) $3.00

Kourabiethes (shortbread butter cookies w/ powdered sugar) $1.50

Finikia (honey flavored butter cookies w/ walnuts) $1.50

Galaktoboureko (phyllo dough layered with custard) $3.00

Koulourakia (butter cookies) 12 for $6

Tsoureki (traditional Greek sweet bread) $10.00

Rizogalo (rice pudding) $3.00

Diples (fried dough with syrup) $2.00

Paximathia (Greek biscotti) 12 for $6

Melfe Birds Nests

$3.50 $2.50

Loukoumathes (honey puffs w/ cinnamon & syrup) 10 for $5

Petifour (butter cookie filled with apricot marmalade) 3 for $2.00

Spanakopita (spinach, egg and cheese baked in homemade dough) $5.00

Tiropita (egg and cheese baked in homemade dough) $5.00

Chocolate Chip Cookies $1.50

PASTRY BOOTH

Learn Greek & Be Greek For A Day! OPA!

Hello/Goodbye…….. YIA-sou You’re Welcome Pa-ra-ka-lo

Good Morning…… ka-lee-MEH-ra Yes NE

Good Evening ka-lee-SPE-ra No O-hee

Good Night ka-lee-NEEK-ta Please pa-ra-ka-LOH

How Are You? tee-KA-nees? I want THEH-lo

Fine ka-LA How Much Is It? PO-so-EE-neh?

Thank You ef-ha-ree-STO Bon Appetit ka-lee O-rex-ee

MENU

1. Lamb Souvlaki (lamb kebab)…………………………………………….……………………... $15.00 2. Chicken Souvlaki (chicken kebab) …………………………………………………..……….. $13.00 3. Pork Souvlaki (pork kebab)……………………………………………………………………….$13.00

4. Roast Half Chicken………………………………………….………………………………….. $13.00 5. Roast Lamb…..……………….………………………………………………………………….… $15.00 6. Pastitsio (macaroni & ground beef with homemade cream sauce) ……………………………$13.00 7. Moussaka (potato & eggplant layered with ground beef & topped with homemade cream sauce)

…………………………...…………………………...……………………………………………….. $13.00

DINNERS

Dinners 1 through 5 served with rice pilaf, green beans, salad and roll

Dinners 6 and 7 served with green beans, salad and roll

A LA CARTE DISHES

1. Large Greek Salad w/ Grilled Chicken……………….…:………………….....…$11.00 2. Large Greek Salad………………………………….……………....…….$ 7.00 3. Small Greek Salad……………………………………………………………..…………….$ 4.00 4. Pastitsio…………………….……...……………………………………..……………………….$ 9.00 5. Moussaka………………………………………………………………………..………………..$ 9.00 6. Dolmathes (grape leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice…………………………… 5 for $6 7. Spanikopita (spinach, egg & cheese baked in phyllo dough……………………………...$ 5.00 8. Rice Pilaf…...…………………………………………………………………………….…….….$ 2.00 9. Green Beans………….........................................................................$ 2.00 ...

AT THE GYRO TABLE 1. Gyro (seasoned beef wrapped in pita and topped with onions, tomato and tzatziki sauce $10.00 2. Loukaniko (mildly spiced Greek sausage wrapped in pita with toppings………………. $ 7.00 3. Sweet Potato Fries with Feta & Honey…………………………..…. $ 4.00

BEVERAGES Greek wines, Spirits, Beer, Soda & Bottled Water

are available under the Food Tent Coffee available at the Pastry Booth

We thank the chairpersons, parishioners, volunteers & friends who have made this

year’s festival possible. Without your love, support,

generosity and dedication this Festival would not be

possible!

Thank You

Parish Council

DINNERS

Dinners served with green beans, salad and roll

Dear Friends of the Annunciation, On behalf of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church and all of our parishioners, we welcome you with pride and pleasure to our Annual Greek Festival 2016. This is a very special time of the year for our church. Much planning and hard work goes into the preparation of our Greek Festival. We proudly serve the finest ingredients, including 100% real lamb meat, pastries made from scratch, the finest Greek wine served at our bar, and Christo's famous salad dressing on every fresh Greek Salad! Our recipes come from generations of f family traditions and honor. Please take a moment to review our program guide and support our banner and placement sponsors. Don't forget to watch our youth dance group perform folk dances from different parts of Greece on Saturday at 7:30 pm and on Sunday at 1:30 pm. Dance with us every evening to live Greek Music and stop by to purchase some raffle tickets at the raffle table and enter to win some great prizes. We have a small lexicon enclosed in the program guide. We encourage you to use and learn some of our Greek phrases during your stay with us and become Greek for a day! OPA! Enjoy your day! As the Greeks say, "Kali Orexi!" - Enjoy your meal.

Periodic church tours will be announced throughout the festival

Kalosorisate

Welcome! Orthodoxy – The Best Kept Secret in America

Many people have used this phrase to describe the Eastern Orthodox Chris-tian Faith, which, although fairly new to this country, traces back to Pentecost Sunday of the year 33 AD. Orthodox Christianity reached the shores of the Unit-ed States through the extensive wave of immigrants in the late 1800’s into the 1900’s, coming from traditional Orthodox lands of the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. As the American population welcomed these newcomers with their unique religion and customs, little did they know that the faith tradition of these immigrants had been handed down through the ages, unadulterated and unchanged. Some of the typical questions people ask about the Orthodox Church are: When did your church begin? Who is the head of your church? Isn’t the Ortho-dox Church a break-off church from Roman Catholicism? As stated above, the Orthodox Church goes back to the very beginning of Christianity. There is no earthly head of the Orthodox Church except Christ Himself. From the Orthodox perspective, Rome was one of the five administrative centers of the early Church, whose bishop was considered an equal to all other bishops of the universal Church. In the latter part of the first millennium, the role of the bishop of Rome eventually became inconsistent with this view. This issue, as well as other major dogmatic and liturgical issues, eventually led to the Great Schism of 1054 AD when Rome went in its own direction, while the eastern body of Christianity con-tinued on its original path from which it has not veered. In short, Orthodoxy upholds the entire Holy Tradition of early Christianity, along with the centrality of the role of Holy Scripture in the life of the Church. Ho-ly Tradition includes such things as liturgical practices, church doctrine, hymnog-raphy, iconography, church architecture, monasticism, and spiritual practices such as prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Hopefully, you could join us for a guided church tour, where we can elaborate on the meaningful symbolism and tradition-alism found in all Orthodox churches worldwide. Thanks for coming and God bless! +Fr. Anthony Evangelatos Presbyter

Our Orthodox Church

A Brief History