St Spyridon Greek Festival

🔔 Festival Appreciation Dinner - Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 6:30pm at St. Spyridon Cultural Hall

Festival volunteers are invited to an evening of delicious food, drinks and a walk down memory lane as we wrap up Greek Festival 2024 and say thank you for all of the incredible work put in by our community to host an epic event.

Please RSVP by texting Stella at 508-736-1707 - this is to ensure we have enough food for everyone. Also, if you have any pictures that you’d like to share from the festival, please text them to Stella or email to: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing our volunteers on the 10th!

*Please note that this event is for festival volunteers ONLY.

Calling ALL festival volunteers! No matter what time or day or time your shift is, we invite ALL of you to join us for a group volunteer photo TODAY, Friday June 21 at 3pm!! We will be taking this photo on the front stairs of the church.

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to ALL of our sponsors, especially those in our top tiers, in the Russell and Elm packages. We would also like to thank all of the businesses and parishioners who donated. All of your generosity and support means the world to us and makes a significant impact on the success of our beloved festival!

THANK YOU! 🩷

For more information about our sponsors, direct links to their websites and a complete list of our sponsors (and how to sponsor), visit our website at www.gfwoo.com.

Be sure to look for their lovely banners that will be hanging from our tent Friday - Sunday, June 21-23!

Val's Restaurant
Ciao Bella Worcester
Callahan, Fay, Caswell & Lindquist Life Celebration Home
O'Connor Brothers Funeral Home
Leominster House of Pizza
George's Coney Island
D.S. Landscape
Cornerstone Bank

Important: If you are interested in renting a booth in our Agora Marketplace, please visit our website https://www.gfwoo.com/ to obtain an application. If someone contacts you via Facebook messenger regarding your application or vendor booth payment, please do not respond or send payment.

Homepage - St. Spyridon Greek Festival join us down on russell street for an epic 3 day eventrain or shine! Welcome to the homepage of the St. Spyridon Greek Festival. Almost 50 years in the making, our festival is a cultural celebration from an enduring Greek community that has been bringing the tastes and sights of Greece to Massachuse...

5 weeks until opening day! Are you ready to “Get Your Greek On”?!

Join us across from Elm Park at St. Spyridon Cathedral (rain or shine), under our tent, for authentic homemade Greek food, music, dance, and more!

Gyros. Moussaka. Lamb shank. Baklava. Loukoumades. Galaktobouriko. Freddo espresso. Frappé. And so much more! Visit our website for the full menus.

June 21, 22 & 23! Opa! 🇬🇷

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TWO months until the doors open for the Greek Festival!

This year, we’ve got a cool new vibe brewing: the Kafenio — or coffee shop. Our coffee shop will feature classic Greek coffees, some of the newer and trendier espresso based drinks, and a selection of desserts.

- freddo espresso
- iced latte
- iced americano
- frappé
- Greek hot coffee
- espresso
& more!

What’s your coffee drink of choice? 😍

Join us down on Russell street across from Elm Park on June 21, 22 & 23 for epic Greek food, drinks, music & dancing! Opa! 🇬🇷

Please join us for our third festival general planning meeting on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30pm in the Tonna Room. All members of the community are welcome to attend! We are 2.5 months away from GO time 😍

3 months to go and we cannot contain our excitement! Here’s what you can expect at the festival

🔹 delicious & authentic homemade food
🔹 a beverage selection curated with the tastes of Greece
🔹 a brand new Kafenio section with coffees & desserts
🔹 a full weekend of music featuring various DJs and live bands
🔹 traditional Greek dancing from youth and young adults in our community
🔹 a tailored Agora for an awesome shopping experience
🔹 bakery with iconic & hand made sweets
🔹 honey-coated heavenly donuts from our loukoumades stall

And SO. MUCH. MORE.

What are you most excited about? 🥳

📣 Follow us to stay up to date. We’ll be having some giveaways too that you won’t want to miss 😉

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The festival is 3 months away and Greek dancing is such an important component. So far, we’ve already had 50+ kids join the dance team and we are encouraging families to continue signing up! Here’s the information so far:

- First practice: March 17th, after church on Sunday. Ages 5-18.
- Weekly practices begin on March 17th.

More info to follow after our first meeting on March 17th. Please reach out to Evalyn Stefanakos at [email protected] with any questions. The link to sign up is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtE2nABq9RHimjRHIjYvnuzfnzpxuuAZwRqW-1SP1K5h6bKg/viewform

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Please join us for the second festival meeting! We are 3 months away and continue to finalize details so that this year’s festival is the most successful one yet.

📣 This meeting is open to ALL members of our church community.

📌 Wednesday, March 13th, 6:30pm in the Tonna Room.

DM us with any questions. We hope to see you there!

🥳 Exciting news alert! 🥳 Our beloved Greek Festival is getting a fresh digital makeover! Introducing our new website: your passport to all the details about our upcoming festival 🙌🏼

Festival map and hours. Tantalizing food menus. A brand new coffee shop. Music, dancing and entertainment info. The Kids Fest. Indoor shopping at our Agora. Ways for everyone to get involved through donations, sponsorship and volunteering.

Plus SO. MUCH. MORE.

(Some parts are still a work in progress as we update and add all of our plans for this year’s epic event.)

🗓️ Mark your calendars and bookmark our website because the festivities are just around the corner. Stay tuned for updates, behind-the-scenes glimpses and exclusive content leading up to the Festival.

And share share share so that all can have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the vibrant culture, delectable cuisine and heartwarming traditions of Greece 🇬🇷

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Embracing our traditions: Dancers, join us at the St. Spyridon Greek Festival 2024 on June 21st, 22nd and 23rd!

As we gear up for the 2024 Greek Festival, we extend a warm invitation to all parents to sign up your children to represent an iconic piece of our heritage: music and dance.

Our festival is not just a celebration of food; it is a reflection of the traditions, values and unity of our community. Our Greek dance performances play a pivotal role in storytelling and highlighting our rich history.

Dancing at the festival is a moment of pride for our youth and for our community. Join us as we represent all regions of Greece, for what is sure to be a truly wonderful showcase!

Children ages 5 through young adult are encouraged to sign up using this link (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtE2nABq9RHimjRHIjYvnuzfnzpxuuAZwRqW-1SP1K5h6bKg/viewform) by March 1st. Information about practice, costumes, and the event schedule will be forthcoming.

Please reach out to Evalyn Stefanakos for further information.
Cell - 508.450.2365 or email - [email protected]

Αναζητούνται χορευτές και χορεύτριες ηλικίες 5 και πάνω για το φετινό φεστιβάλ στις 21-23 Ιουνίου για να παρουσιάσουν ένα σημαντικό κομμάτι της πλούσιας εθνικότητας μας, τον χορό και την μουσική.

What is your favorite Greek dessert?

Baklava is an iconic Greek pastry that is made from layers of golden flaky phyllo stuffed with crushed walnuts and soaked in a luscious honey syrup.

Our Bakery menu is still in the works but we can promise that that there will be a variety of signature sweets to delight your palate! From baklava to loukoumades to galaktobouriko, you won’t be disappointed.

We won’t sugarcoat it… this festival will be the sweetest gig in town …. Donut miss it!!! 😉

We are 5️⃣ months away from the St. Spyridon Greek Festival!

From our hands to your plates… a menu packed with homemade and iconic Greek dishes.

One of the most exciting things we have in store this year is a brand new menu, meticulously curated by Greek families and restaurateurs in the community. Our menu is crafted with expertise, deep thought and family recipes that have been handed down for generations. If you’re looking for an authentic and genuine taste of Greece, then plug these dates in your calendar: June 21, 22 & 23, 2024.

We’ll be ready to serve. You come ready to chow 😉

Save the date!

On Wednesday, January 17th, at 630pm in the Tonna Room, we’re hosting the first festival planning meeting and we’d love to have you join us! This meeting is open to all of the members in our community!

We’ll be discussing current plans and details that are already in the works and asking for your thoughts and input! This is also an opportunity for the newest members of our parish to find out more about the festival and how you can get involved.

Shoot us a message here or email Zoe at [email protected] with any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

8 months to go! The countdown is ON!

Our doors open June 21, 2024, and we cannot wait to "meat" you all.

Food. Drinks. Music. Dancing. Shopping. The taste and feel of Greece is coming.

Tag a friend who would love to crush one of these gyros with you!

We would like thank all our volunteers who made this years Grecian Festival a huge success!

Last night, we held a Festival Appreciation Dinner for our volunteers at our Cathedral’s Hall.

It was a great night to enjoy delicious food, drink and Live Greek Music with Fotia.live

Thank you to Paul & Melina Barber and their son Myles, George & Lisa Maniatis, Nick Paleologos and Eleni Giannakis for preparing our delicious food last night.

We also would like to thank Gus Giannakis, Christos Tsigas, Jimmy Vasiliadis & Dean Alexandrou who came together and donated our fabulous entertainment for the evening.

We would like to offer a special thank you to our Sheriff Lew Evangelidis for supporting our Grecian Festival again this year!

Working hand in hand with Worcester Police, providing us with his Department’s Reserve Deputies.

The staff of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Department and Worcester Police worked to ensure the safety of our festival and the many people who came through our doors on our festival weekend!

Congratulations to one of our stewards of Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Worcester, MA and patron of our Grecian Festival, The Fotiadis family. Now it will give Savvas Fotiadis more time to help us for the next festival...hahaha. Congratulations Savvas, Katerina Fotiadis-Rajotte and Antonios on your new adventure. Draught House Restaurant. https://www.telegram.com/story/lifestyle/2022/10/04/manor-owners-step-back-operating-w-boylston-restaurant/8179676001/

An aerial image of our festival with the beautiful tents, dome in all its glory.

How profound to see it from this view!

Donated by one of our Festival Chairs- Christos Tsigas.
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Great evening at Polar Park and the WooSox. Tune in to 98.9 if you are driving..or live streaming to hear me talk more, lol.

WooSox Nation GREEKNIGHT Worcester Red Sox Game tonight No MORE RAIN. See you at the WooSox game and share our Greek Heritage with Opening Ceremony performances for your chance to be Greek for the night! The ceremony starts at 6:30pm buy your tickets through this link bit.ly/3Te0H8Q or QRCode and donations will go back to Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Worcester, MA

Read the Telegram story about our very own Kiorpes
Not only a U-17 Soccer champ, and invited to play for the US Team World Soccer in India, but also plays with MemorialHS DMHS
Here is the link to the story. Congratulations Nicollette!

Doherty's Nicollette Kiorpes to represent United States at FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup Penn State women's soccer commit Nicollette Kiorpes of Doherty High was selected to play on the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup Squad in India next month.