Our Hellenic Dance Festival, based on the vision and dream of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, began in 2000.  Traveling from city to city throughout our Metropolis, the Hellenic Dance Festival has grown into a true family event.  Held on the MLK Jr long-weekend, it allows for participants to travel and join together as brothers and sisters in Christ.  

The Hellenic Dance Festival is truly an "award winning" event.  We look forward to seeing you at our next Festival!

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The Metropolis of Atlanta is divided up into 7 conferences. The conferences are North East, Coastal, Central, Western, Southeastern Florida, Northeastern Florida, and Western Florida. 

Each conference has a schedule of retreats throughout the year. Some examples of these retreats are Winter Event, Lenten, Advent, Beach Reach, Queen City Classic and the Junior Olympics.

Contact your local Conference Council to get your their Youth Calendar.

Introduced in 1983, the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival provides Greek Orthodox teenagers the opportunity to write and talk about their faith. 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. Read More...
 

Our St. Stephen's Summer Camp has a rich tradition, dating back to the 1980's, and is grounded on the principals of living a true Orthodox lifestyle with twice daily liturgical services, opportunities for reflection, community living and meals, athletics, arts & crafts, and nightly social activities. 

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. Read More...

The Winter Youth Rally commences each year on the Feast of St. Stephen on December 27. All Orthodox teens in the Metropolis of Atlanta involved in their local parish's GOYA and Church School program are invited to Atlanta, GA each December to compete in tournaments representing their church community. Read More...

The Metropolis of Atlanta has its own Religious Education Resources!  We have gathered lesson plans, best practices and internet links from all over the country.  

We have categorized the lesson plans by subject. Please note that many lessons can be used for different ages or used as a springboard to prepare your particular lesson. We have also included sample curriculums, lesson plan templates, links to catechetical sources / videos and summary list per grade on what a child should know by the end of that particular year. 

Our Archdiocese took a critical step towards protecting the Children and Youth in her care by creating the new Policies for the Safety of Children and Youth to guide youth work of all sorts, an at all levels, across the entire Archdiocese. The Metropolis of Atlanta is committed to register, screen and train all youth workers. 

The Polices are divided into two key sections. Part Two lists the key regulations that all Youth Workers and all Youth Ministry Programs and events must follow. Part Three contains best practices covering a wide range of circumstances; these best practices should guide a safe course for Youth Ministry Programs and Events and be applied to particular circumstances, as appropriate. Read More...