Announcement

2025 GRADUATING SENIORS SUBMISSION FOR PHILOXENIA

Congratulations to our 2025 Graduating Class! We would love to celebrate you in our June/July Philoxenia. Please sign up below and include your preferred photo to be published in the next issue of the Philoxenia. Senior photos may be used – head shots are best.

Deadline May 15, 2025

Spirit Seeking: Strengthening the Faith Journey Lecture March 16 after Liturgy

Spirit Seeking: Strengthening the Faith Journey

Please Join Us for a Lecture on Sunday, March 16, 2025 following church service Trinity Hall – small dining room

Fellow parishioner, Jackie Morfesis, writer, speaker, and community advocate, will present a lecture which will focus upon her love for God's Holy Word and give evidence of His hand on her faith journey. She will share ways that we can all strengthen our faith walk and develop greater intimacy with the Lord, our first and foremost Beloved. There will be a question-and-answer period following her talk and an opportunity to purchase her newly published book: "Spirit Seeking: Essays and Reflections on the Christian Faith Journey."

Jackie Morfesis holds a BFA in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Liberal Studies. She is a former youth counselor at Ionian Village, and Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to Greece. She writes a monthly column in the Religion section of the Charleston Mercury newspaper and has served in the United States and overseas with youth and in prison education and ministry.

St John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Sunday, March 2

You are cordially invited to the
St John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Sunday, March 2
Following the Divine Liturgy in the church nave

The St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival (SJCOF) provides Orthodox teenagers the opportunity to write and talk about their faith. The SJCOF begins at the parish level with the:

The top speakers in the Junior and Senior Divisions will advance to the Coastal District SJCOF in Augusta (Holy Trinity) March 8. Two finalists in each division will then advance to the Metropolis of Atlanta Oratorical Festival in Savannah (St Paul) May 2-4. The top speaker in each metropolis division is then selected to participate in the Archdiocese Finals in Pittsburgh (St Nicholas) May 30.

Visit this link to learn more about the topics, awards and scholarships offered: St John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Information

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Adult Religious Education “Come and See! ”

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Adult Religious Education

“Come and See! ”

We are pleased to announce our Spring Catechism Classes“Come and See!”. If you would like to learn more about the Orthodox Church, brush up on what you might know or interested in joining the Church,please join us. Seethe information below.
+Fr. Aristotle “Ari” Damaskos
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Instructor

Catechism Dates & Class Syllabus

Tuesday’s; March 4, 11, 18, 25 & April 1, 2025 6:00-7:30 pm Please Register by February 27, 2025

Fr. Ari Damaskos 419-450-0553 E-mail: frari@gocharleston.org Class Times
Tuesday, 6:00-7:30 pm

Requirement

Attend Sunday Divine Liturgies Sunday mornings 10:00 am

Text, Introducing the Orthodox Church, by Fr. Anthony Coniaris $ 30.00 Available in the Fr. Nicholas Trivelis Book Store. Make checks payable to Holy Trinity Book Store

Dates & Topics

Tuesday, March 4 Triodion & Great Lent
Tuesday, March 11 Video on the Divine Liturgy pages 44-61

Tuesday, March 18 What we believe about Jesus Christ/ Our Prayer Life pages 248- 274/ What we believe about the Theotokos pages 131-137

Tuesday, March 25 The Sacraments pages 163-196 The Annunciation Tuesday, April 1 Brief History pages 4-43;111-119 /Church Tour