Greek Festival - Sunday

On Sunday Joseph and I rode to the Festival in my car. When we arrived, there was a group dancing and I took photographs. We then went inside and within a few minutes we saw several people from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church. We had lunch with Michael Coady and his family. It was probably obvious to some people that I'm a proud godfather when I introduced them to Tendai.

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.

Near the end of the Festival Fr. Mathew and I were sitting in the library when Mark entered. I immediately recognized him but he did not recognize me right away. He came over to greet us and introduced himself. When I introduced myself as "Father Michael" he looked puzzled. I think that at this point he recognized the voice and the face probably looked familiar. The expression on his face was priceless. He made the connection when I mentioned the Transit Riders League, of which we both were members.

	Fr Dean (from across the room)
	Sgt Charles Hess of the Central District
Iconostas in the temple
		We sat at the table with his family
		This vendor has been here 12-13 years
		A vendor
	Fr. Mathew at the Silent Auction	Another vendor
	A gentleman was examining my Nikon D50 camera

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