On February 25, the Orange Interfaith Clergy Fellowship hosted a discussion group on Violence in our Culture.
The dialogue continues tonight at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 480 Racebrook Road, at 7 p.m.
Childcare is available. Call the office at 203-795-6577 for details.
Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church announced details regarding A TASTE OF GREECE, to be held Saturday, March 9, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
This one-day food festival held in the Social Hall of the beautiful Byzantine-style Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, A TASTE OF GREECE offers a sampling of all the well known dishes and desserts we’ve all come to love at the annual Greek Festival every Labor Day Weekend.
A TASTE OF GREECE includes:
• Classic Greek cuisine – Avgolemeno Soup (egg lemon), Greek Salad, Spanakopita (spinach pie), Tiropita (cheese pie), Gyro, Pork Souvlaki, Lamb dinner, Pastitsio (Greek style lasagna), Greek style roasted Chicken
• Greek Pastries (glyka) – Baklava (layers of nuts and filo, drenched in syrup), Kourabiedes (shortbread dusted with powdered sugar), Galatoboureko (flaky pastry filled with custard), and Ravani (moist almond and honey cake).
• Eat-In or Take-Out – Dine in our elegant social hall, and/or take food and pastries to go for another Greek meal.
Prices are the same as what you pay at the Greek Festival.
For 32 years Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church has delighted the senses at ODYSSEY, A GREEK FESTIVAL with a feast of Greek cuisine. Now you don’t have to wait for Labor Day weekend! Due to popular demand, on Saturday, March 9, A TASTE OF GREECE will treat your taste buds to some of your favorites.
Meet friends and family in Saint Barbara Social Hall to dine Greek style. Take home some of your favorites for another meal.
FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING (on-site). RAIN OR SHINE
For more information, call 203-795-1347 or visit www.saintbarbara.org
Originally Published on: Feb 10, 2013 @ 10:34 p.m.
Leaders of the Orange Interfaith Clergy Fellowship invite the public into a Conversation on the Problem of Violence in our Culture.
This event will take place on Monday, February 25th 2013 from 7-9 pm at St. Barbara’s Orthodox Church, 480 Racebrook Road in Orange. This opportunity for community dialogue is open to all.
The event will be moderated by the Rev. Ann Ritonia and prayers and perspectives will be offered by members of the Orange Interfaith Clergy Fellowship.
An age appropriate movie and childcare will be available for children 12 and younger.
Older teens are welcome to participate in this dialogue. For more information please contact 203-795-6577 .
Originally Published on: Feb 13 @ 9:07 a.m.
The Senior Odyssey Dancers entertain a full house on Sunday night.
The 32nd annual Odyssey Greek Festival has been going strong for three days. Sunday’s crowd was phenomenal, the food was going out as fast as the cooks could prepare it.
The senior Odyssey dancers – high school students ages 14-17 – entertained, with the boys wrapping up the show with the “Zorba Dance.”
Today is the final day of the festival, so if you haven’t gone yet, or even if you have, come on by and enjoy the great food, music and dancing between 12-8 p.m.
Remember, the Greek Festival only comes once a year.
The Senior Odyssey Dancers entertain a full house on Sunday night.
St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church invites you to the Odyssey festival Labor Day weekend.
For some, Labor Day means the end of summer, closing up the pool and preparing the kids for full weeks of school. But in Orange, it means it’s time for the St. Barbara’s Church Greek Festival, with the smell of roasted lamb floating through the air as the Odyssey Dancers entertain on the grassy field below.
St. Barbara’s has gone through changes in the past few years, in fact during a construction project during the last decade, some out-of-towners wondered if the festival would go on at all. But the church had it covered, borrowing parking space from neighboring churches and town locations and shuttling visitors in to the festival without missing a beat.
Why does everyone love the Greek Festival so much? Some appreciate the beauty of the Church with its stained glass windows and painted walls; others enjoy strolling through the Hellenic agora (marketplace) and checking out the wide variety of items it has to offer; crowds always gather for the Greek cooking demonstrations and others sit in the grass for hours listening to the live band and watching the Odyssey Dancers of all ages perform traditional Greek dances each day; children look forward to the rides and games.
But if you ask anyone no matter what their heritage, it’s the food that keep them coming back year after year.
Scenes from last year’s Odyssey Greek Festival
The menu includes appetizers (meze), Greek pastries; (glyka), lamb roasted on the spit; (souvla), moussaka; gyro; spanakopita (spinach pie) and pastitisio (Greek style lasagna) and don’t forget the loukoumades (fried dough balls).
Some prefer the “Meze Grill” with specialty gourmet appetizers (meze), including saganaki (Greek cheese flamed with brandy), grilled seafood, and more, and featuring live Greek and Anatolian music.
The Greek Festival is open Rain or Shine, through Monday, Sept. 3.
Parking and admission are free on-site at 480 Racebrook Road and next door at Holy Infant Church.
Sunday, Sept. 2 and Monday, Sept. 3, festival open noon to 8 p.m.
For more information, call 203-795-1347.
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