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...
Have you ever wondered why many Orthodox priests in America wear a clerical collar? In the fifth in a series of videos, Father Maggos discusses the history and controversies of the familiar white priest collar. Why do priests wear them and what do they mean?
Dear Greek School Families and Parishioners, Congratulations to the children for graduating and moving up a class! A job well done by all the students; they made their teachers and families proud! Congratulations to George Dembeyiotis, Evan Economidis, Vasilios Koupas, & George Perikleous for completing their final year in Greek...
Registration is open for St. Timothy Camp, the official Orthodox summer camp of the Metropolis of Detroit. The event is set to kick off June 26th through July 1st in Oswegatchie, NY. Registration is $495 with free bus transportation departing Rochester at 10:30am on Monday, June 26th. Please register by...
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
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We had an amazing Sunday School year. Thank you to all the parents, teachers, children, and community for all of your support throughout the year. We had a really fun last day with the ice cream social and at-tendance awards. We are so proud...
Back by popular demand! Join us for the second Annual Greek Iron Chef competition at the Rochester Greek Festival! Culinary artists from our parish will display their particular mastery of the style of cooking from their particular region of Greece. Our contestants will do “battle” to see who can create...
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...