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Thank You!
Thank you to Dorothea Staursky and the Holy Trinity Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Birmingham, AL for host the Metropolis Level Oratorical Festival May 13-15, 2022. It was a wonderful weekend!
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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.
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2022 Junior Division Speakers
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Congratulations
Victoria Carabus!
Victoria will be representing the Metropolis of Atlanta in the Junior Division at the National Oratorical Festival. She is from Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Charleston, SC. We are so proud of Victoria and good luck in Dallas!
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2022 Senior Division Speakers
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Congratulations
Paraskevi Christopolous!
Paraskevi will be representing the Metropolis of Atlanta in the Senior Division at the National Oratorical Festival. She is from St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Knoxville, TN. We are so proud of Paraskevi and good luck in Dallas! -
National Festival
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.
The 38th National Oratorical Festival will be hosted by the Metropolis of Denver at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas Texas June 3-5, 2022.