Calendar of Multi-ethnic Orthodox Festivals and Sacred Concerts

[MariaRegina]

This is a thread so that you can list your upcoming Greek Festivals, Arabic Festivals, Russian Festivals, etc. Please post and I will place all the events here in chronological order placing the most recent date first.

St. Nectarios Orthodox Church and Shrine, Covina, CA - Aug. 20-22-23, 2004 - Greek Festival - post 12

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Byzantine exhibit ends on July 4, 2004 - post 9

FRI-SUN ......... June 4-6, 2004 ... St. Spyridon Festival, Worcester MA - post 5

FRI-SUN ..........June 4-6, 2004 ... Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Charleston, South Carolina - post 11

SAT-MON ....... May 26-28, 04 ....1 PM to 10 PM - St. Nicholas Greek Festival, Northridge, CA - post 4

SATURDAY ...... May 15, 2004 .... St. John Passion, New Haven - post 10

THURSDAY .... May 13, 2004 .....7:30 PM - Valaam Ensemble Singers - Reno, NV - post 7

SUNDAY..........April 25, 2004 .... 4:00 PM - Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir - Jersey City, NJ - post 3

SATURDAY.... April 17, 2004 .... 8:00 PM - Byzantine Music: Masters of the Psaltic Art - post 2

FRIDAY........... April 16, 2004 .... 8:00 PM - Women of Rembetika: Maryo with Giouli Tsirou - post 2

[MariaRegina]

From: "YUKO YAMAMOTO"
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:13:08 -0800
Subject: Byzantine Chant and Rembetika: Greek Festival 2004


****Please Forward***

World Music Institute & ADaM Productions present direct from Greece
return appearance of renowned rembetika singer
NY debut of Greece’s most famous Byzantine choir

5th ANNUAL GREEK FESTIVAL

SACRED & SECULAR TRADITIONS


FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2004 8:00 PM

WOMEN OF REMBETIKA: MARYO with GIOULI TSIROU


Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St., NYC

$30; students $15 with college ID Box office (212) 864-5400
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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2004 8:00 PM


BYZANTINE MUSIC: MASTERS of the PSALTIC ART

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, NYC
CitiTix (212) 581-1212 $50, $35, $25; students $15 with college ID

Tickets available at Greek Music & Video (718) 932-8400
Info/charges (212) 545-7536 worldmusicinstitute.org
___

“Maryo is one of Greece’s leading traditionalist singers, and for good
reason….She sounded torchy and resolute, yearning and fierce, tender and
raw…. and gave each (song) a passionate immediacy.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES

This year’s annual Greek Festival will feature 30 singers and
instrumentalists from Greece in programs of sacred and secular music. On
Friday, April 16th at Symphony Space, the festival will feature an engaging
tribute to the divas of rembetika - the Eastern-influenced “Greek blues”
that is the foundation of popular Greek music- with songs from the 1920s to
'50s made famous by such singers as Rosa Eskenazy, Marika Pagaghika and
Marika Ninou. The artists include Maryo, “the grand dame of Greece" who is
one of the last exponents of a style of music that has all but disappeared;
Giouli Tsirou, a rising star in Greek song; and a brilliant ensemble on
lutes (oud, bouzouki and baglama), violin, accordion and piano.

On Saturday, April 17th at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Masters of
the Psaltic Art, Greece’s most famous Byzantine choir, will make its U.S.
debut. Comprised of the leading chanters from the churches of Athens, this
20-voice choir is under the direction of the highly respected Byzantine
authority, Gregorios Stathis. The choir specializes in Byzantine chant, the
great Eastern tradition which developed out of early Christian monody
(plainsong) into a sophisticated liturgical music. In addition to striking
renditions of traditional sacred chants, including resurrection hymns, the
ensemble will perform secular songs and instrumental music. The program will
take place in one of New York’s most glorious venues.

THE ARTISTS

Maryo, who has been called “the living legend of rembetika,” is regarded as
one of the most important representatives of rembetika and Greek popular
music. She started performing at the age of 13, singing and playing
accordion with her father. Against her father’s will, she went on to
perform with the most important interpreters of rembetika and laiko (popular
urban folk music). In the 1960s she sang with Marcos Vambakaris, one of the
last great rembetes. With Thessaloniki as her base, she has toured Greece
and appeared in leading venues in Western Europe. Her appearance was one of
the highlights of the 1st Annual Greek Festival in New York in 2000. She has
made numerous recordings, including The Grand Dame from Greece, which
climbed to the Top 20 of the European World Music charts; Asiatidos Mousis
Eraste (Lovers of the Asian Music) with songs from the Cafe Aman with Lizeta
Kalimeri; and the recent live recording, I Mario Sto perivoli t’Ouranou.

Giouli Tsirou has performed and recorded with such famed Greek voices as
George Dalares, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, and Manolis Mitsias. She has recorded
five albums including the recent Sta pazaria tou kosmou (World’s Bazaars).

Masters of the Psaltic Art has appeared at services, ceremonies, and
festivals throughout Greece, Russia, Italy, France, Cyprus, Israel, Armenia
and Australia. The choir was formed in 1983 by Gregorios Stathis, an
internationally renowned researcher and professor of Byzantine Musicology
and Psaltic Art at the University of Athens. He has authored over 300
publications, and is chief editor of the eight album set of recordings
entitled Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Composers of the Institute of
Byzantine Musicology. He founded the choir to research and present the main
Byzantine and post-Byzantine composers and to establish and define the
criteria for the renewal of the Psaltic art in Orthodox worship.

This program is made possible in part with support from the Foundation for
Hellenic Culture, the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation, and the National
Endowment for the Arts.

[MariaRegina]

The Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in American (FOCA) presents

The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir
Benefit for St. Herman's Seminary "Gifts of Love" Project
April 25th, 4:00 p.m. (reception to follow)

St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
109 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ

Tickets are $15 general admission, $5.00 children
For more information contact Michael Kupec at 973-772-0730

[MariaRegina]

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
located at Balboa and Plummer Streets
Northridge, California

Has their annual Greek Festival during the Memorial Day weekend with lots of dinner menus to choose from.

They have free Greek dancing lessons and tours of their temple.

The Golden Greeks will perform ethnic dances.

There is a play area for the children with various activities.

The Bakery features plenty of mouth watering Baklava and other Greek desserts.

[Niko]

St. Spyridon in Worcester Mass. Open June 4,5,6. $1 donation counts as admission. Greek food, dancing, religious items, rides and games.

[Matthias]

There's a few I know of, but unless anyone here is coming to New Zealand, I doubt there is any point. Great idea, Chanter!

[Suzannah]

The Valaam Ensemble Singers: The Russian Voice Male Ensemble of the Valaam Monastery
from Archangelsk, Russia

Thursday , May 13, 2004 7:30 pm
Tickets $10.00

Sponsored by the OCA parish: St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Mission.

The concert will be held at the
Our Lady of the Snows Parish Centre
1200 Arlington Avenue,
Reno, Nevada 89509

Refreshments served, CD's available for purchase.

:)

[Oblio]

I am jealous Suzannah :P

[MariaRegina]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I just received this message from Vicki and thought you might be interested:

You'll recall that there is a beautiful special exhibit at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art currently going on until July 4th - it's
called "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)." It is the one that
Patriarch Bartholomew opened while he was in New York, and the one at
which Cappella Romana performed.

Hopefully, some of you will be able to see (or have already seen) its
beauties in person. For those of you who won't be able to get to New
York, here is a wonderful site that allows you to experience the
exhibition virtually! You can tour the museum, and see-up-close almost
better than if you'd have gone to the Met yourself! Note the especially
good educational descriptions.

So set aside some time, and enjoy your trip! This is the site:

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Byzantium/byzantium_splash.htm

[MariaRegina]

ST. JOHN PASSION with the NEW HAVEN ORATORIO CHOIR & ORCHESTRA

conducted by Mark Bailey of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, NY

Dear Readers,

For those of you who will be in the New Haven/Yale area tonight,
you're welcome to attend a period-style performance that I will be
conducting of Bach's St. John Passion with the New Haven Oratorio
Choir and orchestra.

The performance takes place at 8pm at Trinity Epispocal Church on the
New Haven Green (corner of Temple and Chapel). Tickets are available
at the door.

Hope to see some of you there, if not this afternoon at the St.
Vladimir's Seminary Commencement ceremony.

MB

[Matrona]

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Charleston, South Carolina

Holy Trinity is having its Greek Festival on June 4-6 at 30 Race Street (the church's location). They will have Greek food, dancing, church tours, lectures on Orthodoxy, and lots of other cool stuff.

It's part of Piccolo Spoleto and costs a dollar to get in, but you can print a coupon off the website to get in for free.

http://www.greekfest.us

[MariaRegina]

St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church and Shrine
20340 East Covina Boulevard
Covina, CA 91724

Catch the Olympic Spirit
At our Greek Festival!

August 20, 21, 22, 2004

626-967-5524

Website: www.Saintnectarios.org

Friday:.... 5 pm to 10 pm
Saturday: 12 noon to 10 pm
Sunday:...12 noon to 10 pm

Admission..$2.00 person person
Children under 12 are free.

Parking is provided across the street at the Catholic Church.

[xenia]

St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church's Greek Festival
Labor Day Weekend
Downtown Monterey, California

[Suzannah]

September 28, 29th, 2004 (Sat/Sun)

St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church:
4795 Lakeside Drive, Reno, Nevada
Phone: 775 323-4811

Admission: $5.00 (I'm pretty sure this is right)
Children under 12: FREE.
Seniors: Free or discounted.


Greek music, dancing, baklava....what else needs to be said????
Great time guaranteed!
:)
Love,
Suzannah

[MariaRegina]

I just received this email:

The LA Magazine Sept. issue proclaims...
"THE LA GREEK FEST 2004 AS ONE
OF THE TOP MUST DO EVENTS IN LA" !!!!!
CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AND CLICK
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http://www.lagreekfest.com

CELEBRATE THE GREEK OLYMPIC SPIRIT ON SEPT. 10-12, 2004

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

JOIN US AND SPREAD THE WORD.............

[Matrona]

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Columbia, South Carolina

Holy Trinity's Greek festival is going to be September 16th-19th, 2004. Open from 10 AM to 10 PM on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and from noon to 8PM on Sunday.

[Matrona]

http://community-2.webtv.net/sbdcnj/SaintsConstantine/

Ss Constantine and Helen Antiochian Orthodox Church in Dallas, TX, is having a Mediterranean Festival on the weekend of September 24-26, with food, cultural exhibits, and church tours.

(thanks to USIncognito who told me about this)

[vanshan]

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church -- Greek Holiday Festival
1222 South Guthrie Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
918/583-2082


Date: Thursday through Saturday, September 23-25, 2004.

Time: Thursday from 11:00am - 9:00pm; Friday & Saturday 11:00am - 10:00pm.

Major Attractions: Authentic Greek Food and Pastries, Music, Dancing, Imported gifts, Imported Jewelry, church tours and exhibits, and much more.


Greek Holiday

Dinner Menu: The menu and will include: chicken or pork souvlaki (shish-ka-bob), with tyropita (fillo cheese pie), Greek style green beans, Greek style rice, Greek salad, and pita bread.
Al-a-carte booths - Al-a-carte booths will offer Gyro sandwiches, Large Greek salads, Keftethes (Greek meatballs), and Souvlaki sandwiches.
Bakery - Wonderful pastries including homemade Baklava, Finikia, Koulourakia, Galaktobouriko, and much more.
Dancing - Authentically costumed dance groups comprised of over 80 dancers.
Dinner Price - The dinner price is $12. The lunch price (11:00am to 2:00pm) is $7.
Admission - Admission is $2 each evening after 4:00pm. Individuals who pay the admission can enter the festival again at any time for no charge. Pre-purchased ticket customers will not be charged admission.

[MariaRegina]

For those of you in the NY/NJ area, and looking for something to do
on Sunday - January 2, 2005



From Mat. Doreen Bartholomew:

The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir will be singing at the Newark Museum
at 2:30 pm in the auditorium. This is a free concert in conjunction
with the museum's exhibit "Nicholas and Alexandra: at Home with the
Last Tsar and His Family". Please come by and see the exhibit and
hear us sing.

[Mary of Bethany]

http://www.ntom.org/article.php/134/1/134/Festival-of-Orthodoxy/North-Texas-Orthodox-Missions

Festival of Orthodoxy

http://www.ntom.org/images/ntom_festival_logo.png
Public Invited. Free Admission! Come and see what the Historic Christian Church has to offer you in your spiritual walk. Hear distinguished lecturers & authors, enjoy lunch, bookstores and exhibits. Hosted by North Texas Orthodox Missions, NTOM

Schedule

Friday, February 19, 2005 -- 7:00-9:30pm
Fort Worth Lecture Hall at Botanic Garden Center
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.
Ft. Worth, TX 76107
(2nd gate north of I-30 on University Dr.)

Saturday, February 19, 2005 -- 9:00am-4:30pm
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
13555 Hillcrest
Dallas, TX 75240
(SW Corner of Hillcrest & Alpha)

Read and print the Festival Poster (http://www.ntom.org/pdf/poster_2005.pdf) or Flyer (http://www.ntom.org/pdf/flyer_2005.pdf)

http://www.ntom.org/images/2005_festival_books.jpg
Speakers


Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas
Fr. Peter Gillquist
Professor Maggie Hock


Frank Schaeffer
Clark Carlton
Fr. Nektarios Morrow

Topics


Archbishop DMITRI: The Bible and the Truth about Jesus Christ
Fr. Nektarios Morrow: Finding Truth Through Prayer: The Necessity of the Spiritual Life in our Contemporary World
Fr Peter Gillquist: The Church Today : Acts Chapter Two revisited
Mr. Frank Schaeffer: American Spirituality and the Orthodox Church
Dr. Clark Carlton: The Glory of God and the Salvation of Man
Prof. Maggie Hock: Family and Faith

[Khaleas]

http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/festival/

[HandmaidenOfGod]

St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway, NJ will be holding it's annual Greek Festival 05/19-05/21.

For more information click here (http://www.stgeorgepiscataway.org/home.html).