Greek Festival - Saturday
Every year I look forward to two Festivals, the Russian Festival at my church and the Greek Festival at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation. I can walk to both from where I live.
A few years ago I attended the Greek Festival at St. Nicholas which was on the same weekend as the African-American Heritage Festival, formerly known as AFRAM. I did not attend the latter. A co-worker jumped all over me because I attended the Greek Festival and not the African-American one. He could understand only the ethnic connection. He did not understand that as an Orthodox Christian, I have a strong bond with the Greek churches. We are united in the Faith, in our belief in Jesus Christ. I am not united in the Faith with "African-American" churches. I do not believe what they believe. But I do believe what the Greek churches believe.
This year I attended the Festival on Saturday and Sunday. I went Saturday to make sure that I did not miss the Festival. I met a wonderful Greek family whose daughter was one of the dancers that day. I hope that I will see them again and get to know them.
I had a lamb dinner and it was fantastic. Fr. Mathew did a great job of giving a tour of the temple and so did the woman for the chapel.
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