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St. Katherine's invites you to its New Year's Eve 2025 Party on Tuesday 12/31/24 at the Meletis Churuhas Center at St. Katherine's in Falls Church, VA featuring live music by Palko Greek Music Band and DJ Boston! Reserved table seating tickets now on sale exclusively at DCGreeks.com! Click here for details!
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A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America
Second Edition, by Marilyn Rouvelas.
411 pages. Hardbound, notes, illustrations, and bibliography.

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Table of Contents

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: GREEK AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT

PART ONE

THE ENDURING TRADITIONS OF ORTHODOXY

The Church Saints
The Seven Sacraments Name Days
        Baptism and Chrismation Icons
       Marriage The Church of the Home
       Confession Special Blessings, Prayers, and Appeals
       Communion Religious Breads
       Holy Unction Fasting
       Holy Orders Death and Mourning
 

PART TWO

CUSTOMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Greek-American Values Popular Music
Birth of Children Folk Dancing
Selecting a Name Proverbs and Sayings
Greek School Superstitions
As the Greeks Say Community Life
Food and Drink Visiting Greece
 

PART THREE

FEAST DAYS, FASTS, AND HOLIDAYS

 

Annual Calendar

AUTUMN
The Nativity of the Mother God • The Exaltation of the Holy Cross • Oxi Day • Christmas Lent • The Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple
SPRING
The Easter Season: Pre-Lent • Great Lent • The Annunciation of the Mother of God and Greek Independence Day • Holy Week • Holy Pascha (Easter) • The Ascension of Jesus Christ • Pentecost
WINTER
Christmas, New Year and Epiphany • Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs • The Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple
SUMMER
Holy Apostles Lent • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul • Feast Day of the Holy Apostles • Dormition of the Mother of God Lent • The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ • The Dormition of the Mother of God

PART FOUR

THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

THE HISTORIC ORTHODOX CHURCH
The Autocephalous Churches of Eastern Orthodoxy • The Fledgling Christian Church • Christianity Recognized and Defined • Expansion of Orthodoxy to the Slavic Countries • The Great Schism • The Fall of Constantinople • The Growth of Orthodoxy in Russia • Christianity under the Ottomans • The Reformation • Russia -- The Third Rome • Contemporary Updates • The Orthodox in the United States • Challenges for Orthodox Churches Worldwide • Orthodox Sites to Visit • Theological Schools • Resources • Internet Websites

THE GREEK DIASPORA
Demographics • A Long History of Greeks Abroad • The Four Largest Diaspora: United States of America, Australia, Republics of the Former Soviet Union, and Canada • Expectations and Challenges • Meeting the Challenges • Internet Websites

EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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