The 2023-24 Church and Community Events Begin! The fall season has arrived, and another school year is beginning. Our Youth Director (Demos) has been busy this summer working with both the Sunday School and the Greek School Directors to plan out some great events for the 2023-24 school year (see...
Happy Fall everyone! We begin the youth season with many exciting new features and events including our brand-new Teen Ministry / GOYA webpage featuring all the latest news, blogs, upcoming events, and more! We will be updating the page regularly so please make sure to bookmark! One of the biggest...
The 2023-24 Liturgical New Year Begins – Is There a Strategy? After a very successful Greek Festival, I know that many of you are spending the summer traveling to Greece, England, Europe, or of course, Scotland (or just enjoying a “staycation”) without masks! September begins a new liturgical year and...
Greetings! Join us in 2023 to continue learning what Orthodox Christianity really has to offer to us and to the world! Session 16 ~ “Bringing the Jesus Prayer to the Parish” with Fr. David Smith will be held Wednesday, August 2nd at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT. Zoom...
Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named...
Greetings! Join us in 2023 to continue learning what Orthodox Christianity really has to offer to us and to the world! Session 15 ~ “One Thing Is Needed: Focusing on Christ in the Family – a Talk with Eva Konstantakos About Living the Faith in the Family” will be held...
Greetings! It is with great anticipation that we provide the link for the next webinar in our Transformative Christianity series to be held tomorrow Wednesday, June 7th at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT. Zoom Link for All Webinars Meeting ID: 880 9611 8808 Passcode: 3
Watch Father Maggos on Sunrise Smart Start News 8 WROC Rochester as he gives us a small preview of the food and fun to expect at this year’s Rochester Greek Festival!
To all our Parishioners and the Greater Rochester Community, Join us June 1st through June 4th, 2023 from 11am – 11pm (closing 9pm on Sunday) as we continue our tradition of bringing the aromas, tastes, sounds, and traditions of Greece to Rochester on the grounds of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. We will...
Self-Directed Spirituality and Failure to See a Direct Benefit In his April 2023 article, “10 Reasons Church Attendance is Declining (Even for Committed Christians),” Carey Nieuwhof listed off several very well known reasons for declining attendance, however two in particular were very pertinent and often overlooked: Self-Directed Spirituality and Failure...