Our Big Fat Greek Festival
Come to our Greek festival on Sunday, August 17, 2008! Enjoy the
sights, sounds, and smells of Greece at our 6th annual street fair. Feast
on gyros, spanakopita, and more. Listen to Greek music and watch
traditional Greek dances. Buy baklava and other cakes and cookies at
our pastry booth. Visit our marketplace for specialty food items.
The festival starts at 11:30 AM, after the Divine Liturgy at 9:00 AM. The service is in English, and is open to the public. The festival ends at 5:00 PM. If you can, please come and help us set up, starting at 7:00 AM.
We will be featuring the Kalogerson Greek Band, which will perform throughout the day. Greek dance shows will be at 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM. The church will be open throughout the event, and tours will be available.
Photos of previous years (click for larger image):
We will be serving the following food items:
Lamb or Chicken Gyro Dinner – $12
Served on pita bread with onion, tomato, and tzatziki sauce. Dinner includes gyro, spanakopita, Greek salad, and a beverage (lemonade or iced tea).
Lamb or Chicken Gyro (sandwich only) – $8
Served on pita bread with onion, tomato, and tzatziki sauce.
Spanakopita – $6
Spinach and Feta cheese pie, wrapped in phyllo dough. Served with tzatziki sauce and olives.
Greek Salad – $6
Fresh lettuce, Feta cheese, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and Kalamata olives. Tossed with Greek dressing.
Μπακλαβα (Baklava) – $2
Pronounced "bah-klah-VAH". Delicate sheets of phyllo dough are brushed with butter and layered with walnuts and spices. The most well-known Greek desert is bathed in honey syrup.
Κουραμπιεδες (Kourabiedes) – $2
Pronounced "koo-rah-BYEH-thes" [th, as in 'then']. Delicate butter cookies are rolled in powdered sugar. Recipes vary and may include bourbon. These contain almonds. At Christmas time, three whole cloves are stuck into each cookie to signify the Wise Men.
Κουλουρακια (Koulourakia) – $2
Pronounced "koo-loo-RAH-kee-ah". This butter cookie is not as sweet as American cookies. It is especially delicious dunked in coffee or tea. The dough is rolled in sesame seeds and then shaped. The two most common shapes are the circle, signifying eternity, and the twist, representing the dual natures of Christ, both God and man. Common cookie for Pascha (Easter).
Καρυδοπηττα (Karythopitta) – $2
Pronounced "kah-ree-THO-pee-tah" [THO, just like 'though']. Rich in butter, eggs, and sugar, the walnut cake is a part of Greek culture like apple pie in the U.S. This one is baked in a bundt or tube pan.
Ραβανι (Ravani) – $2
The unique ingredient in this cake is farina, the grain in Cream of Wheat cereal. Orange zest adds flavor to the cake as do a sprinkling of sliced almonds. The cake is soaked in an honey and orange syrup. Delicious even for breakfast!
Sampler Plate – $5
Contains each one of the above pastries.
Bottled Water – $1
Driving Directions
The festival starts at 11:30 AM, after the Divine Liturgy at 9:00 AM. The service is in English, and is open to the public. The festival ends at 5:00 PM. If you can, please come and help us set up, starting at 7:00 AM.
We will be featuring the Kalogerson Greek Band, which will perform throughout the day. Greek dance shows will be at 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM. The church will be open throughout the event, and tours will be available.
Photos of previous years (click for larger image):
We will be serving the following food items:
Lamb or Chicken Gyro Dinner – $12
Served on pita bread with onion, tomato, and tzatziki sauce. Dinner includes gyro, spanakopita, Greek salad, and a beverage (lemonade or iced tea).
Lamb or Chicken Gyro (sandwich only) – $8
Served on pita bread with onion, tomato, and tzatziki sauce.
Spanakopita – $6
Spinach and Feta cheese pie, wrapped in phyllo dough. Served with tzatziki sauce and olives.
Greek Salad – $6
Fresh lettuce, Feta cheese, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and Kalamata olives. Tossed with Greek dressing.
Μπακλαβα (Baklava) – $2
Pronounced "bah-klah-VAH". Delicate sheets of phyllo dough are brushed with butter and layered with walnuts and spices. The most well-known Greek desert is bathed in honey syrup.
Κουραμπιεδες (Kourabiedes) – $2
Pronounced "koo-rah-BYEH-thes" [th, as in 'then']. Delicate butter cookies are rolled in powdered sugar. Recipes vary and may include bourbon. These contain almonds. At Christmas time, three whole cloves are stuck into each cookie to signify the Wise Men.
Κουλουρακια (Koulourakia) – $2
Pronounced "koo-loo-RAH-kee-ah". This butter cookie is not as sweet as American cookies. It is especially delicious dunked in coffee or tea. The dough is rolled in sesame seeds and then shaped. The two most common shapes are the circle, signifying eternity, and the twist, representing the dual natures of Christ, both God and man. Common cookie for Pascha (Easter).
Καρυδοπηττα (Karythopitta) – $2
Pronounced "kah-ree-THO-pee-tah" [THO, just like 'though']. Rich in butter, eggs, and sugar, the walnut cake is a part of Greek culture like apple pie in the U.S. This one is baked in a bundt or tube pan.
Ραβανι (Ravani) – $2
The unique ingredient in this cake is farina, the grain in Cream of Wheat cereal. Orange zest adds flavor to the cake as do a sprinkling of sliced almonds. The cake is soaked in an honey and orange syrup. Delicious even for breakfast!
Sampler Plate – $5
Contains each one of the above pastries.
Bottled Water – $1
Driving Directions
