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The
Pensacola Greek Festival is one the area's most popular outdoor festivals.
This 3 day cultural event provides an opportunity for our church to
share or culture and faith with the Pensacola community. The Festival
is held on the church grounds
under large tents and includes live bouzouki music, dance performances
by the youth dance groups, a variety of delicious Greek foods and
shopping in a Greek Market.
Food, music and dancing are not the only attractions offered at this
festival. Visitors can attend twenty minute church tours to see the
architectural beauty of the inside of an Orthodox Christian church and
learn a little about the Orthodox faith and its culture. Byzantine hymns
will be sung by choir members at the end of each tour.
New this year will be special dance set on Saturday afternoon by the
alumni of the Glenzethes dance program! This event is open to anyone who
danced for our church (in high school) and can organize a costume and
remembers the dances! Elizabeth Farsolas and Sandy Spraggins are
organizing the set. Women should wear their "different
costumes" and guys wear white shirt, black pants. We'll have red sashes
for guys.
The Festival is truly a labor of love by our parishioners. Months of
preparation goes into the planning and presentation of this event. Stop
by the Hellenic Center on any weekend in the fall and you will see many
cheerful faces and busy hands as church members prepare food so they can
share their food, their faith and their ethnic pride for one weekend
each year to their Gulf Coast neighbors.
 In recognition of our festival's 50th anniversary we will be selling a
commemorative poster featuring the artwork of internationally
recognized artist Euripides "Rip" Kastaris. Signed and
unsigned posters will be available for sale at the festival gift booth. Click on the image to learn more about the artist and to
purchase a poster.
Each year a portion of the festival proceeds are donated to a local
charitable organization. This year we have selected the
Ronald McDonald
House Charities of Northwest Florida -
a non-profit organization that provides a
"home-way-from-home" for children and families of children
suffering a medical crisis. The remaining proceeds help the church with
capital improvement projects.
Admission to the festival is free. Please read the Food pages to see
menus and pricing on all food items. A big thank you to our sponsors who
make it possible for us to advertise and promote this event. Click the
sponsors page to see their ads and find links to sponsor websites.
Download our 2009 Placemat with recipes for Green Beans,
Pastitsio and Wedding Cookies.
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