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September 2025
09/02 (Tues)- Executive Board (Officers) meeting 6:00 pm Board Room
09/07 (Sun)-St. Fanourious Collection, second tray, supporting Metropolis Youth Programs
09/24 (Wed)- General Membership Meeting, Wine & Cheese, 5:30-7:00. Trinity Hall
October 2025
10/07 (Tues)- Executive Board (Officers) meeting 6:00 pm, Board Room
10/16 (Thurs) -Sr. League Fall Picnic, 11:30 am Trinity Hall
PUFFS SCHEDULE-
Sunday, 10/12-12:00 pm-3:00 pm Roll Spinach Puffs
Monday, 10/13 9:00 am-8:00 pm through Thursday, 10/16. Roll Spinach Puffs
Friday 10/17 9:00 am-12:00 pm (if needed) Roll Spinach Puffs
Sunday, 10/19-12:00 pm-3:00 pm Roll Cheese Puffs
Monday, 10/20 to Wednesday 10/22-9am-8pm Roll Cheese Puffs
November 2025
Puff Pick Up Dates:
Saturday 11/01-9:00 am-12:00 pm; Sunday 11/02 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Saturday 11/08 9:00 am-12:00 pm; Sunday 11/09 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
11/02 (Sun)-ECCO Bag Distribution date after Divine Liturgy , Youth involvement
11/02 (Sun)-Philoptochos Sunday: Host Social Hour Celebrating Philoptochos Patron Saints Cosmos & Damianos
11/05 (Wed)-Executive Board (Officers) meeting 6 pm
11/11 (Tues)-General Meeting 5:30pm-7:00 pm, Trinity Hall
11/16 (Sun)-ECCO Bag Return date
11/17 (Mon)- ECCO will pick up donation bags from Church
December 2025
12/02 (Tues)-Executive Board (Officers) Meeting 6:00 pm, Board Room
12/11 (Thurs)-General Membership Meeting and Christmas Party, 6:00 pm Location: Home of Joanna Catravas (Recording Secretary)
January 2026
01/06 (Tues)-Executive Board (Officers) Meeting 6:00 pm Board Room
01/24 (Sat)-Vasilopita set-up
01/25 (Sun)-Vasilopita Luncheon
February 2026
02/03 (Tues)-Executive Board (Officers) Meeting 6:00 pm Board Room
02/12 (Thurs)-Sr. League Valentine’s Day Lunch 11:30 am, Trinity Hall
2/22 (Sun)-Host Social Hour for Membership Campaign
2/23 (Mon)-Lent Begins
March 2026
03/03 (Tues)-Executive Board (Officers) Meeting 6:00 pm,Trinity Hall
3/20-3/22 (Fri-Sun) Metropolis Lenten Retreat, Diakonia Retreat Center, Salem, SC
April 2026
04/07 (Tues) -Executive Board (Officers) Meeting 6:00 pm, Board Room
04/05 (Sun) -Palm Sunday Luncheon
04/12 (Sun)-Pascha
May 2026
05/05 (Tues)-Executive Board (Officers) Meeting 6:00 pm Board Room
05/08-05/10-Greek Festival
Thank you for all you do to support Philoptochos, Our Army of Agape!
About
Welcome to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Charleston Ladies’ Philoptochos Society. The Greek Orthodox Ladies' Philoptochos Society is the women’s philanthropic organization for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Philoptochos is open to all women of the Orthodox Christian faith over the age of 18. You can become a valued member of a group of committed women who give their time and efforts to support outstanding ministries within the Greek Orthodox Christian Church and in our local Charleston community.
"In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’." - Acts 20:35
Our mission
The Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society is the duly accredited women’s philanthropic organization of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Our mission is:
To help the poor, the destitute, the hungry, the aged, the sick, the unemployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned, the widowed, the handicapped, the victims of disasters, to undertake the burial of impoverished persons and to offer assistance to anyone who may need the help of the Church through fund raising efforts
To promote the charitable, benevolent, and philanthropic purposes of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, through instructional programs, presentations, lectures, seminars and other educational resources
To preserve and perpetuate Orthodox Christian concepts and the Orthodox Christian family, and through them, to promote the Greek Orthodox faith and traditions, in accordance with its doctrines, canons, discipline, divine worship, usages and customs
To promote participation in the activities of the Greek Orthodox community, with the cooperation of the parish priest and the parish council
The charitable work of the Society shall be performed with discretion, courtesy and kindness
“Let each of you look not only to his own interest, but also to the interests of others.” - Philippians 2:4
Join us
Wondering how you could benefit from joining our group?
Help those in need
Connect with other community women
Befriend like-minded women united in a common purpose
Grow spiritually
Learn more about the Orthodox Christian faith
Click here to request more information or a membership form.
Officers
President: Tia Kontenakos
Vice President: Isabelle Dymond
Treasurer: Kelly Ferderigos
Asst. Treasurer: Olga Garcia
Recording Secretary: Joanna Catravas
Corresponding Secretary: Tara Franklin
Advisor: Mary Ann Miche
“Give to others and God will give to you and you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands – all that you can hold.” - Luke 4:3