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ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

CORNER OF DELAWARE & WEST UTICA STREETS | BUFFALO

www.buffalogreekfest.org

JUNE 2, 3, 4 2017

Friday: 11:00 am - midnightSaturday: 11:00 am - MidnightSunday: Noon - 9:00 pm

LIVE MUSICAUTHENTIC FOODCULTURAL EVENTS

Dear Friends and Visitors,

On Behalf of our Church of the Annunciation, we welcome our friends and neighbors to our Church home and the 2017 Buffalo GreekFest.

A study of the history of ancient Greece reveals a rich heritage that has been handed down through the ages. Much of western art, architecture, literature, science, Olympic sports, phi-losophy, and the democratic form of government is rooted in ancient Greece and serves as a pillar of modern civilization. From 336 – 323 B.C. Alexander the Great created a vast empire from Greece to India in which the Greek language thrived and gave rise to the principals of Hellenism, which included democracy, respect for the individual, human rights and the rule of law. With a wide spread language, the stage was set for proclaiming the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Orthodox Christianity remains virtually unchanged since its beginnings on the day of the Pen-tecost, fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On that day, the Church began with the descent of the Holy Spirit to Christ’s twelve Apostles, filling them with God’s grace, will and ability to carry on His message.

It is in this spirit that we present and share our Orthodox Christian Faith and Hellenic Culture to you during this festival. We hope you enjoy our cuisine, handicrafts, music, dancing, culture and hospitality. We invite you to tour our Church and learn more about our faith. Make fond memories this week, build friendships, and make visiting the Greek Festival one of your family traditions.

We thank you for your support of our festival over the many years, which helps us continue our Orthodox Christian ministry. I would, also, like to thank the countless volunteers who have given of their time and talents to make the Buffalo GreekFest a success.

With Warm Regards,

Rev. Dr. Christos B. Christakis

Welcome!In the Greek spirit of hospitality it is truly our pleasure to welcome you to our 41st Annual Buffalo GreekFest, at our Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. Each year our community proudly comes together to prepare an authentically Greek cultural experience for you to enjoy right here, on the corner of Delaware and West Utica, in our beloved Buffalo, NY.

We encourage you to delight in the many inspiring sights, beautiful sounds and flavors and in all the entertainment that we have to offer! All around our grounds you will find much to see and do. Immerse yourself further in our culture by visiting our cultural display, our church tours or one of our scheduled lectures and presentations.

Stop in our Agora Marketplace to browse for unique jewelry, alluring art, Greek food products and gifts. Visit our Greek Market and Vineyard where you can purchase imported flavorful food prod-ucts and great tasting Greek wine to prepare the most unforgettable meal for your family and guests at the comfort of your home.

As every year, we are excited to share with you the rich tastes of our Greek cuisine and are proud to offer a variety of authentic food options. Indulge in our savory Greek Lamb Chops, mouthwatering Souvlaki on a Stick, ambrosial flaming-cheese Saganaki, our famous Open Chicken Souvlaki, as well as all of your other Greek favorites! If you’re looking for something new to taste this year, try our Traditional Greek Gyros, cooked the old-fashioned way on a vertical broiler. For something sweet, try our delicious home-made Loukoumades (honey puffs) or relax in our Kafenion (café) sipping Greek coffee and enjoying one of our many Greek desserts you can find at our pastry shop!

One of the most spirited elements of Greek culture is our love of music and dance. To a Greek, there’s nothing like the sound of the Bouzouki! We feature authentic Greek musicians who play the enchanting songs and melodies that you will hear throughout your visit. We also feature our very own Annunciation Greek dancers and encourage you to take part in the dancing and celebrations!

Our festival is about memorable experiences and enjoyment and so in the Greek spirit we encourage you to eat, drink, dance and most importantly HAVE FUN!

Lastly, it takes a great amount of effort to make our festival possible each year and so I deeply want to thank all our volunteers for their dedication and time in making this a wonderful and memorable annual event. To all our guests, our sponsors, and long-time supporters in the Buffalo community, thank you for your continued support!

With warmest regards,

Milton Koutsandreas

Chairman, Buffalo GreekFest 2017

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church and the 2017 Buffalo GreekFest Chairpersons would like to thank

the following businesses for their help and generosity.

With their help the Festival is a success!

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NAS Signs

BUFFALO GREEKFEST EVENTS

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT(Multiple locations)

NON-STOP MUSIC and DANCING by ourParish dancers with musical entertainment provided

by local and visiting bands.

DISPLAY OF GREEK HISTORY AND CULTURE

(Located upper level)A pictorial and written history of Greece from the

Golden Age of Ancient Greece to the present.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE AND GIFT SHOP

(Located upper & lower level)The largest in the Niagara Frontier specializing in a complete supply of Byzantine Icons

& Orthodox Books to complete the needs of all Orthodox Christians.

(Available year round on Sundays & by appointment on weekdays)

GUIDED CHURCH TOURS

(Located upper level)Be part of our church tour and learn more about our Orthodox Christian faith

or simply marvel at the glorious symbols of our faith and Byzantine Icons.

LECTURES

(Located lower level)Series of lectures displaying our dual heritage, our Greek Culture and our

Orthodox Christian Faith.

“PLAKA” FOOD TENTFood tent outside

Souvlaki – tender chunks of meat (beef or chick-en) marinated with herbs and spices and grilled to perfection. Served with lettuce, tomato, on-ions, topped with feta cheese and pita.

Gyros – Seasoned sliced beef served with lettuce, onion, tomato, feta and tzatziki sauce. Wrapped in a pita.

Lamb Chops – Marinated in herbs and char-broiled to perfection! Served with Greek salad and pita bread.

Pastitsio – pasta layered with spiced ground beef and topped with a béchamel sauce.

Moussaka – baked layers of eggplant and spiced ground beef, topped with a béchamel sauce.

Spanakopita – layers of buttered, flaky phyllo dough filled with a tasty mixture of chopped spinach and feta cheese.

Tiropita - layers of buttered phyllo dough filled with a special blend of cheeses.

Saganaki OPA! - your eyes will be WOWed and your stomach will be too by Greece’s famous flaming cheese.

Souvlaki on a Stick

Sodas and Bottled Water available

PASTRY SHOPLocated upper level

Baklava – the aristocrat of Greek pastry. Lay-ers upon layers of buttered phyllo dough, and ground walnuts, baked to crispy perfection and soaked with honey and lemon syrup.

Greek Custard Pudding – layered “shredded wheat” phyllo dough sprinkled with walnuts, baked and laced with honey syrup then topped with a thick layer of vanilla custard and whipped topping.

Koulourakia – Greek butter twists, sprinkled with sesame seeds. Ideal for dunking in coffee.

Kourambiedes – Greek wedding cakes. Sweet butter cookies dusted with confectioner’s sugar.

Almond Crescents - Rich pastry dough, filled with almond paste, topped with slivered almonds.

Diples - Rolls of thin pastry dough, fried, then driz- zled with your choice of traditional or chocolate syrup.

Tsoureki – a sweet, egg-enriched braided bread. Traditionally served for Easter.

Located Outside Main TentLoukoumades – mouth watering, feather light Greek fried dough puffs dipped in honey and topped with cinnamon.

Rizogalo – homemade rice pudding.

Soda and Bottled Water available

KAFENION (CAFE)Located upper level

Sit and enjoy the ambience. Listen to live music, and try some of our delicious desserts

while sipping on Greek Coffee.

GREEK MARKET

Located lower levelCheese, olives, olive oil, and

a wide selection of Greek food items.

PREMIUM WINE ROOMLocated lower level

Imported wines from Greece.

MONASTIRAKIShops located on lower level

Imported ClothingHandcrafted Jewelry

Gifts, SouvenirsGreek Art PaintingsT-shirts and Apparel

GREEKFEST FOOD PRICES(Must be purchased with tickets only)

Tickets $1.00 eachCash and Credit Card purchases available

ATM machines available for your convenience

PLAKA (FOOD TENT)

Pastitsio with Pita 8Moussaka with Pita 8Lamb Chops with Greek Salad 12Gyros 7Open Souvlaki (Beef or Chicken) 9Souvlaki Wrap (Beef or Chicken) 7Tiropita (Cheese Pie) 4Spanakopita (Spinach & Feta Pie) 4Dolmathakia Plate (Stuffed Grape Leaves) 5Greek Salad with Pita 5Saganaki ~ Opa! 5 Souvlaki on a Stick 4Bottled Water 2Soda 3

BAR

Greek Beer (Mythos) 5Draft Beer 4Greek Wine 6

LOUKOUMADES

Half Dozen 3Dozen 5Rice Pudding 3

PASTRY SHOP

Baklava 4pc. 9/2pc. 5Chocolate Baklava 5Almond Crescents 2pc. 4Floyeres 10

Kataifi 10Koulourakia 6pc. 4/12 pc. 7Kourambiedes 8Tsoureki 8Diples 5

KAFENION (CAFE)

Greek Coffee 3Coffee (Reg or Decaf ) 2Nescafe Frappe 3Iced Mountain Tea 3Mountain Tea 2Greek Yogurt with Honey 5Bakalva Sundae 6Baklava Cheesecake 6 Greek Custard Pastry 6Loukoumi (1 pc) 1Rice Pudding 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

• Noon - 3:00 PM Live Greek Music with the Grecian Strings - Plaka (Food Tent)

• 3:00PM - 4:30PM Live Greek Music with The Athenians - Bar Tent

• 4:30PM - 6:00PM Live Greek Music with the Grecian Strings - Plaka (Food Tent)

• 6:00PM Annunciation Greek Dancers


• 7:00PM Annunciation Greek Dancers - Kafenio



• 9:30PM - Midnight Live Greek Music with The

Athenians - Bar Tent

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

• Noon - 3:00PM Live Greek Music with the Grecian Strings - Plaka (Food Tent)





• 6:30PM Hamilton Hellenic Traditional Dancers Group & Annunciation Greek Dancers



• 9:00PM Hamilton Hellenic Traditional Dancers Group with Annunciation Greek Dancers

• 9:30PM - Midnight Live Greek Music with The

Athenians - Bar Tent

SUNDAY, JUNE 4

• Noon - 3:00PM Live Greek Music with the Grecian Strings - Plaka (Food Tent)










MUSIC & DANCE SCHEDULEIn the Plaka and bar tents, lower level

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

• 5PM , 7PM and 9PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

• 12 Noon - Presentation: Icons – Windows to Heaven

• 1PM - Presentation: Singing Hymns which Makes Us the Equals of the Angels

• 2PM, 4PM, 5PM, 7PM, 8PM and 9PM

SUNDAY, JUNE 5

• 12 Noon, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM, 4PM, 6PM, 7PM and 8PM

CHURCH TOUR SCHEDULEMain Church

ORTHODOX CHANTINGDEMONSTRATION

Main Church

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 • 6:45 PM

SUNDAY, JUNE 5• 5:45 PM

CULTURAL SCHEDULEAll speakers, films, and conversations in the lower level of Church

FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND

• 3-7:00 PM - Films and symposia - Ethel Petrou, PhD SUNY ERIE

• 7:00 PM - “Ancient Computer: The Antikythera” - Ethel Petrou, PhD SUNY ERIE

SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD

• 12:00 PM - “Icons-Windows to Heaven” -Gregory Korbut (Inside the Church)

• 1:00 PM -“Singing Hymns which Makes Us the Equals of the Angels” - Father John Boddecker, Saints

Theodore Orthodox Church (Inside the Church)

• 2:00 PM - “Trahana: A Very Special Traditional Food of Greece - Ethel Petrou, PhD SUNY ERIE

• 3:00 PM - “The Mediterranean Diet” - Tina Colaizzo Anas

• 4:00 PM - “Wine and Wisdom of Greece” - James Gravas

• 5:00 PM - “Magical Greece - By Land & By Sea” - Deanna and Maria Diakos

• 6:00 PM - “When Where Why - Greeks Arrive to Western New York” - Ellene Phufas-Jousma with

guest expertise from Mrs. Sophia Paivanas

• 7:00 PM - “OPA! The Folkloric Dances of Greece” - Vasilios Zougras, Dancemaster

• 8:00 PM - “An Orthodox Convert and Angels” - Thomas Jousma

* The artwork displayed courtesy of Church members Sofia Alexandra Leon and Award winning Artist Robert Harris.

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A BRIEF HISTORY

The Orthodox Christian Church is the Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and is the church described in the pages of the New Testament. Her history can be traced in an unbroken line all the way back to Christ and His Twelve Apostles.

Incredible as it seems, for over twenty centuries she has continued in her undiminished and unaltered faith and practice. Today her apostolic doctrine, worship, and structure remain intact. The Orthodox Church maintains that the Church is the living Body of Jesus Christ. One of her saints, Athanasius the Great, describes the faith of the church as, “what Christ taught, the apostles preached, and the fathers kept.”

Many of us are surprised to learn that for the first 1000 years of Christian history there was just one Church. It was in the eleventh century that a disastrous split occurred between Orthodox East and Cath-olic West. Although it had been brewing for years, the so-called “great Schism” of 1054 represented a formal separation between the sister churches. At the core of the controversy were two vitally important areas of disagreement: the role of the papacy, and the manner in which doctrine is to be interpreted.

But What is the Real Difference between Orthodox Christianity and other Christian Denominations?

One writer has described the Orthodox faith in this basic fashion: Orthodoxy has maintained the teachings of the Old and New Testament and the living Tradition of the Church, without addition or subtraction from the time of Christ’s incarnation to these modern times.

The Orthodox Church’s goal throughout the ages has been and is, to maintain the faith in the Trinity Father, Son and Holy Spirit and to convey the message of salvation in Jesus Christ unmodified to the present and future believers. This practice is best summed up with this quote from one of St. Paul’s Epistles, “therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word, or our epistle,” (2 Thessalonians 2:15).

Therefore, the Orthodox Church has steadfastly maintained the Apostolic Faith. She preserved the Apostles’ doctrine of the return of Christ at the end of the age, of the last judgment and eternal life, and continues to encourage her people to grow in Christ through union with Him. As the New Testament teaches, Orthodox Christianity has maintained the Faith “once for all delivered to the saints,” (Jude 1:3).

CONSIDER:

• On the one hand, it is the oldest Church in Christendom. On the other hand, it’s new to most North Americans.

• It is the second largest body in Christendom with approx. 300 million people worldwide. But in the U.S. and Canada there are less than six million.

• In the twentieth century alone, more than 20 million Orthodox Christians have given their lives for their faith, primarily under communism. So high is the commitment of many Orthodox Christians to Christ and His Church, she has often been called “the Church of the Martyrs.”

• She is the Church of some of history’s greatest theologians, scholars, and writers – people like John Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, Dostoyevsky, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

But what exactly is

This Orthodox Church?

What are her roots?

What are her beliefs?

And why are there so many who

have never heard of her?

COME AND FIND OUT!Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

146 West Utica Street ~ Buffalo, NY 14222(716) 882-9485

Email: [email protected]: www.greekorthodoxchurchbuffalo.org

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THE 12 LONG LASTING GIFTS ANCIENT GREECE GAVE TO OUR WORLD

• Home of the ‘Father of History’Yes, ancient Greece was the native land of the first recognized historian: Herodotus.

• Home of the Most Famous MathematiciansThales of Miletus was recognized in ancient Greece as one of the wisest men in the land. The Thales’ theorem and Intercept theorem stemmed from his work. Thales’ theorem is used in every modern-day geometry class.

• Home of the Western Philosophic ThoughtThe shaping of Western thought as we know it is due to the research and conversation of wise Greeks regarding how men exist within the globe, capa-bilities of the human senses, and the role of knowledge in society.

• Home of the Initial Concept of DemocracyYou have probably read in a history book a saying that made Abraham Lin-coln stand-out from the rest of the presidents that had been in charge of the United States before him: ‘a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.’ Well, believe it or not, this saying was inspired by Demokratia. His main goal was to give ‘power to the people’ by giving each Athenian the right to vote, weigh in court’s affairs, pass laws, and elect officials.

• Home of the First Trial that Included a JuryYes, the idea of having a jury to decide the future of a defendant arose in ancient Greece. Nowadays, in numerous of nations, a jury always plays a very important role in many court cases.

• Home of MythologyFrom Athena, Hercules, Thalia, and etc., ancient Greeks were true profes-sionals in storytelling. Their myths were used to teach people about nature, heroes, gods, and the reason why they practiced religion the way they did.

• Home of the TheaterReading dramatic poetry on stage, comedic plays, and drama plays first orig-inated in ancient Greece. Nowadays, these things still play a very important role in the lives of an uncountable number of people around the globe.

• Home of the First OlympicsAncient Greeks began to host the Olympic games in the city of Olympia more than 3,000 years ago. To this day, the Olympics are still going strong.

• Home of the Beautiful ArchitectureWhen religion began to become a prominent factor in the everyday lives of the Greeks, they began to construct temples that reflected this devotion. The Erechtheum and the Parthenon are two examples of how beautiful their skills were. They always made sure to play great attention to detail.

• Home of True TranquilityGreek philosopher Epicurus believed that to achieve a mental state of inner tranquility, one must not try to increase the sense of pleasure, but instead, eliminate any unnecessary desires from the equation. His famous principles are still taught worldwide.

• Home of the Meaningful Word for ‘Happiness’In his works, Aristotle introduced the term Eudaimonia, which is basically a simpler way of expressing a feeling that reflects a full sense of happiness. Every day, we all strive for Eudaimonia.

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