St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in West Palm Beach, FL will be hosting the South Eastern Conference Oratorical Festival. Parishes in the South Eastern Conference are Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Pierce, Hobe Sound, Hollywood, Miami(s), West Palm Beach, Naples and Ft. Myers.

St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Greenville, SC is hosting the Coastal Conference Oratorical Festival. Parishes in the Coastal Conference are Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, SC, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Augusta and Asheville.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in St. Augustine, FL will be hosting the Northeastern Florida Conference Oratorical Festival. Parishes in the North Eastern Florida Conference are Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Melbourne, St. Augustine, Tallahassee and Savannah.

Originally in Birmingham, Charlotte and Atlanta but now hosted virtually.

Atlanta, GA: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Ft. Pierce, FL: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

New Port Richey, FL: St. George Greek Orthodox Church

The Southeastern Florida Conference will be hosting a GOYA Olympics for their district. Please contact your local parish for more information.

The recently inaugurated the Orthodox Christian Academy of Atlanta (OCAA) met under the direction of its Chairman, His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios, and in light of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, decided to postpone all retreats at the DRC at least through mid May, 2020. Thus, our fourth annual HUMS retreat has been postponed. The Board of Directors would like to thank all of you who had planned to attend this year’s retreat. The Board of Directors of the Holy Unmercenaries Medical Society will virtually meet on May 16, 2020. Hopefully, we will have sufficient information at that time to reschedule our 2020 retreat.

Introduced in 1983, the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival provides Greek Orthodox teenagers the opportunity to write and talk about their faith. Two finalists in each district division represent the district at the Metropolis Oratorical Festival. The top speaker in each metropolis division is then selected to participate in the Archdiocese Finals, which is hosted by a different metropolis each year.

The Liturgical Arts Academy is a one week intensive program to teach the skills of Byzantine Chanting, Iconography and Liturgical Textile Arts in an atmosphere of prayer, study, discussion and communion.

This event brings GOYAns (teenagers) from all over Florida to our parish for a weekend of athletics and spirituality. Please contact St. John the Baptist in Tampa, FL for more information.

2020 Choir Conference - Mark your calendars for our annual conference!

Recognized as the highlight of the summer, St Stephen's Summer Camp offers teens entering 6th through 12th grades when school begins in the fall, an opportunity to spend a week at our Diakonia Retreat Center. Campers are only allowed to attend camp for one week.

The Western Conference will be hosting their 2nd Annual Dance Festival on Saturday, July 25 at the Annunciation Church in Mobile, AL Contact Fr. Thomas Guerry at office@stmarkella.org for more information.

Charlotte, NC: St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church is hosting a GOYA Beach Reach in Daytona Beach, FL. All GOYAs are welcome to attend. Contact St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church for more information.

Clearwater, FL: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Clearwater, FL: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church