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National Festival is June 12, 2021!
The Archdiocese will be live-streaming the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival HERE Saturday, June 12 beginning at noon ET. The junior speakers will speak first. Senior speakers will begin at 2:15 pm.
The awards ceremony will be live-streamed on Saturday, June 12 beginning at 7 pm ET. -
Congratulations to Our Speakers!
Holy Trinity - Clearwater, FL
May 15, 2021
All Photos by Kyriakos Caros -
Introduced in 1983, the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival provides Greek Orthodox teenagers the opportunity to write and talk about their faith. The Oratorical Festival Program begins at the parish level and is divided into two divisions:
- Junior Division for students in grades 7–9
- Senior Division for student in grades 10–12
The top speakers in the Junior and Senior Divisions advance to the district level. 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 37th National Oratorical Festival will be hosted virtually June 11-12 2021.
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Junior Divison Speakers
Calliope Putnam - Holy Trinity New Orleans, LA
Iliana Fotopoulos - St. George, New Port Richey, FL
Ivan Rabbath - Holy Mother of God, Tallahassee, FL
Kaitlin Zelatis - St. John the Baptist, Tampa FL
Keiriakis Firilas - Holy Trinity, Charleston, SC
Kyriaki Lagoutaris - St. John the Divine, Jacksonville, FL
Lillian Jaho - Holy Trinity Raleigh, NC
Maria Karagiorgis - Annunication, Winston Salem, NC
Sophia Norred - Annunciation, Mobile, AL
Stamatia Zaparegos - St. Mark Boca Raton, FL
Stella Moraitis - St. Christopher, Peachtree City, GA
Xenios Stone - St. Catherine, West Palm Beach, FL
Zoe Cobb - Holy Trinity- Holy Cross, Birmingham, AL
Senior Division Speakers
Angelina Fotopoulos - St. George, New Port Richey, FL
Dagmawi Assafa - Annunciation, Mobile, AL
Eirena Klemes - Holy Trinity, Raleigh, NC
Evangelia Droumbalas - St. Katherine, Melbourne, FL
Maria Vennis - Holy Trinity, New Orleans, LA
Nicholas Klonaris - St. Demetrios, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Peyton Panos - St. Christopher, Peachtree City, GA
Sophia Karampelas - Holy Transfiguration, Marietta, GA
Stavros Boardman - Holy Trinity, Charlotte, NC
Stella Bilirakis - St. Nicholas, Tarpon Springs, FL
Stephanie Vagelos - St. Mark, Boca Raton, FL
Theophany Cruz - St. Demetrios, Daytona Beach, FL -
Prayers to Kyriaki and Stephanie!
They will be representing the Metropolis of Atlanta at the National Festival!