Congratulations to our Senior Speakers!
Efraim (New Port Richey); Anastasia (Atlanta); Soleili (Daytona Beach); Zeke (Cumming); Jonas (Ft. Walton Beach); Daneille (Columbia); Calliope (New Orleans); John (Spartanburg); Xenios (West Palm Beach); Noah (Greensboro); Anastasia (Tallahassee) Kaitlin (Tampa); Sophia (Boca Raton)

Congratulations to our Junior Speakers!
Wesley (Melbourne); Bayard (Mobile); Lambros (Knoxville); Angelos (Daytona Beach); Vasilios (Ft. Pierce); Lucas (Marietta); Eleni (Burlington); Veronika (West Palm Beach); Anastasia (Atlanta) Andreas (Clearwater); Caroline (Greenville); Sophia (Palm Harbor); Annaleah (Columbia); Trace (New Orleans)

All eighteen finalists at the Archdiocese Finals participate in a weekend of activities, the highlight of which is the delivery of their speeches on Saturday morning. The Oratorical Festival Scholarship Fund provides college scholarships to the top speakers. Currently, the top three speakers of each division receive college scholarships of $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000. This year, each Honorable Mention speaker was awarded $500. Read More...

Katherine Orfanakos Demacopoulos serves as the Archdiocese Festival Chairperson.

Meet our 2024 Metropolis Representatives



Congratulations to Zeke(left) and Lambros(right)

Thank you to St. Catherine West Palm Beach, FL for hosting the 2024 Metropolis Oratorical Festival May 10-12, 2024. 

Central Conference
St Christopher Hellenic Orthodox Church - Peachtree City, GA
(Athens, Atlanta, Birmingham, Columbus, Cumming, Huntsville, Macon, Marietta, Montgomery, Peachtree City)
     Contact: Fr. George Tsahakis 

Coastal Conference
Holy Trinity - Augusta, GA
(Asheville, Augusta, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville-SC, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg)
Contact: TBD

North East Conference
(Bluff City, Burlington, HT-Charlotte, SN-Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville-NC,
Knoxville, High Point, Mooresville, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem)
     Contact: TBD

Northeastern Florida Conference
St George Orthodox Chapel Brunswick, GA
(Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Melbourne, Orlando, St. Augustine, Savannah, Tallahassee)
     Contact: TBD

Southeastern Florida Conference
(Boca Raton, Ft. Myers, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Pierce, Hobe Sound, Hollywood,
SA-Miami, SS- Miami, No. Miami, Naples, West Palm Beach)
     Contact: TBD

Western Conference
Holy Trinity - St. John the Theologian - Jackson, MS
(Baton Rouge, Biloxi, Ft. Walton Beach, Gulf Shores, Jackson, Mobile, Monroe,
New Orleans, Panama City, Pensacola)
     Contact: TBD