This document provides a history of the Greek community in Wilmington, Delaware and the annual Greek Festival held by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. It details how the first Greek immigrants arrived in 1890 and helped establish the community. Key events included the founding of the Greek school in 1920, formation of the Homer Society and later the AHEPA chapter #95 to organize the community in 1926. The community worked to build Holy Trinity Church from 1939-1977 and opened the Hellenic Community Center in 1977. It describes how the Christmas Bazaar became the annual June Greek Food Festival in 1978 and how the festival has grown over the years to become a signature community event celebrating Greek culture.
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3. letter from our priest
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Agia Trias Ellhnikh Orqodoxos Ekklhsia
June 2009
Dear Citizens of the Greater Wilmington Area,
WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO OUR ANNUAL GREEK FESTIVAL!!!
It will bring me personal great joy to see you and share with you our rich Hellenic
and Orthodox Traditions through our festival’s delicious cuisine, hospitality, and Church
tours. I want to wholeheartedly thank you for your most generous support as the
proceeds from the festival will benefit the ministries of our Church which are geared
toward the service of our God and fellow-man.
Truly, may the Lord bless you and your families with every good and perfect gift
which comes from Above. With all my best wishes and prayers I remain,
Yours sincerely,
+ Father Constantine (Gus) Christo, Ph.D., Pastor
808 North Broom Street, Wilmington, DE 19806 • Protopresbyter Costa G. Christo, Ph.D. • Tel.: (302) 654-4446 • Fax: (302) 654-4204
Web: www.holytrinitywilmington.org • E-mail: Frguschristo@comcast.net
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4. letter from our mayor
James M. Baker
Mayor
June 2009
Dear Friends of the Greek Festival:
On behalf of the citizens of Wilmington, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2008
Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. What better way to kick off the
summer season in our beautiful and historic City than with the exciting Greek Festival?
As you stand in the shadows of one of Wilmington’s most magnificent landmark
churches, it is easy to see why this beloved event has enjoyed such remarkable success
for so many years. Where else can you find such a tempting array of good food, lively
music and dancing, and warm fellowship? From the mouthwatering pastries and sweets
to the beautiful handicrafts and artifacts, the Greek Festival enables us all to share a little
of that legendary Greek pride.
Organizing an event as well attended as the Greek Festival is no easy task. I commend
the hard work of the friends, volunteers, and sponsors who make this festival so
memorable. Their tireless efforts and generosity are essential to the continued success of
this event.
Once again, I welcome you to the Greek Festival and thank you for your support and
celebration of the events that make our City such a wonderful place to live, work, and
raise a family.
Very truly yours,
James M. Baker
Mayor
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5. Dear Friends,
letter from our president
Kalos Orisate!
On behalf of the parishioners of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church,
I am delighted to welcome you to the 2009 Wilmington Greek Festival.
The Greek Festival remains a wonderful opportunity for the members of
the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Community to share with its
neighbors our Greek Orthodox faith, our cherished cultural traditions,
food, music and dance.
Each year, our Greek Festival is made possible by the tireless efforts of the
many members of our Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Community. I extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has
volunteered their time and labor to help make this festival successful.
During your time with us at our Greek Festival, close your eyes and
experience the sights, sounds and wonderful aromas of food, and the
relaxation of being in a Greek Village. We hope we succeed in extending
our Greek “philoxenia”- hospitality - and allow you to come enjoy a taste
of Greece.
Thank you for joining us this year.
Sincerely,
Spiros Mantzavinos
President, Parish Council
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
009 Parish Council Members
Rev. Dr. Costa G. Christofis
Constantine Caras Athena Ladas
Thomas Diamanty Spiros Mantzavinos
Sophia Fotakos James Maravelias
Georgia Halakos Milton Misogianes
Virginia Karablacas Christos Papachrysanthou
Nicholas Karavasilis Catherine Stathakis
Michael Kirifides George Tsavalas
Chris Kotanidis
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6. dedicated to This year’s Greek Festival is dedicated to its
loyal volunteers. Over the years, there
mousaka and pastichio. All of these
are finished before Easter and put in a
have literally been thousands of volunteers deep freeze so that they are at their best
who have given of their time, talent, and when we are ready to welcome you in
treasure…all God given blessings…to June. Then there are the desserts. These
help make our guests’ Festival experiences are done the week preceding the Festival so
memorable. they are at their freshest.
When you come to the Greek Festival, you There are the volunteers who create the
arrive to a huge annual undertaking that marketing plan for the Festival. In
is ready to welcome you with all the sights, addition to the advertising, they sell ads to
sounds, tastes, and aromas of a true Greek this journal. Radio and print ads, press
village celebration. What started in 1966 as releases and broadcast interviews
a Christmas Bazaar of the Greek and many creative new media are used to
Ladies Philoptochos Society, has help get the word out about the Festival.
grown to a community-wide event that
utilizes every church organization and The grounds crew is responsible for
parishioner as well as local Philhellenes setting up the grounds so that we are as
who want to help. efficient as possible and help with traffic flow.
Tents and staging are erected. Hundreds
The Festival doesn’t “just happen.” of yards of wire are run to all the booths to
Preparation begins almost immediately provide electricity and lighting, propane and
following the previous Festival when a core charcoal for cooking, tables and chairs set
group of volunteers meets to discuss what up, direction signs placed to help guide you,
went right, what went wrong, and what and flags are erected to make the grounds as
can be done better for next year. Then festive as possible.
we take the summer off. In the fall, we get
the process rolling again by creating our And let’s not forget crunch time, when
timeline which will culminate with our four we open our doors and the kitchen and
day Festival in June. booths are running at full capacity. Cooks
in the kitchen, gyro and souvlaki and
In the early years of the Festival, loukoumades, runners, cleaning crew,
parishioners donated foods they prepared servers and coordinators with walkie talkies
at their homes for use at the Festival. While make sure that everything runs smoothly.
each was tasty in its own right, there was
no consistency since different regions of The grounds crew returns the day after
Greece used their own variations to the the festival to break it down. Everything
basic recipe. That’s when a determination is stored for another year and the church
was made to have a single recipe for the grounds are cleared and cleaned. Stop by
featured entrees and all food prep would 24-36 hours after the Festival is over and
009 be done on premises. you almost cannot tell that just the day
before, thousands of people were eating,
Greek Festival Throughout the winter, a group of hearty
volunteers begin the food prep. This used
dancing, and enjoying an event that only
can be executed with the help of volunteers.
Dedication to be done exclusively in the evening.
Recently, we have found it more efficient Volunteers indeed make the Greek Festival
Volunteers to do this during the day with our retired
parishioners. The coordinators arrive
the success that it is. Years ago, we kept track
of the man-hours donated for the Festival
before the sun rises and prepare the and determined that had every volunteer
Webster’s Dictionary defines kitchen for the “worker bees” who been paid minimum wage, the Festival
then make it all come together. They peel would have achieved an annual net loss of
“volunteer” as a person potatoes, eggplants, and onions. They boil tens of thousands of dollars! And with the
who, proceeding from the macaroni and prepare the ground beef specialty home-made foods that are created
will or from one’s own choice sauce. We still have volunteers who come lovingly by our parishioners, in reality they
one night a week, while their children are would be paid more than minimum wage.
or consent, undertakes or in Greek School, who do their part in the Two weeks of intensive, almost round-the-
expresses a willingness to food prep continuum. clock work and months of preparation
undertake a service. would all be for naught. But every year we
You can imagine the time and care it takes enjoy increasingly successful Festivals, thanks
to hand-roll 25,000 dolmades (stuffed to your joining us and enjoying our
grape leaves), 525 trays of spankopita filoxenia (hospitality) and thanks to our
(spinach pie), 250 trays of tiropita unselfish volunteers….to whom this year’s
(cheese pie) and over 215 pans of Festival is dedicated.
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7. Tom Lempesis, Master Chef for all the
Festival Food-Prep.
Festival Volunteers at Work
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8. history
Top – Photos from the groundbreaking
and consecration of our church Holy Trinity.
Lower – Photos from various celebrations including
March 25th Greek Independence Day events.
The early Greek pioneers in Wilmington
were not afraid of work. They accepted just
about every type of work. But, once they
established themselves, they set about form-
ing associations and a “Greek” school for
their children, and their church, what we
now call Holy Trinity.
Today, as it has been since 1934, The
Ecclesia – the Church – is the center of the
Greek Community in Wilmington. Unlike
other ethnic groups in Wilmington, there is
no “town”. While many Greeks lived near
their church (after all, as recently as 1950, half
the people who lived in Delaware, lived in
Wilmington!), they lived downtown, the East
side, the Ninth Ward, and West Center City.
The Church, Community Center, Greek
Festival, Odyssey Charter School, and all
the contributions the Greek Community
has made to the community-at-large, are a
testament to how far we have come from our
humble beginnings in the late 19th Century.
But what a story it is…
In 1890, the first known Greek immigrants
arrived in Wilmington, the Tsagares
brothers, Panagiotes and James. Within a
few years, a name still known in
A Brief History Wilmington, arrived and started the first
“Big” Greek business in the area. John
of the Greek Govatos founded Govatos Candies and the
Greeks of Wilmington had their first
Community “connected” leader.
in Wilmington, In 1913, Charles Tarabicos arrived and
opened a restaurant. The first indication of
Delaware “Community” came about in 1920 as the
Greek Language School was established on
the second floor of his Presto Restaurant at
The Greek Community in 8th Market Streets. A study of early 20th
Century businesses found many confections
Wilmington came together and restaurateurs up and down Market
like most other ethnic groups Street, King Street, and beyond.
around the country.
In their desire to organize, the Greeks of
What brought them to Wilmington formed associations. The
Wilmington was the promise “Victory Society” in 1910, the “Panhellenic
of the opportunity that a Union” in 1912, but it was the men’s
organization, “Homer Society,” formed
growing city could offer. around 1920, that evolved into the driving
force that cultivated the early seeds into what
is now the Greek Community of Wilmington.
But they needed some national help to set
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9. things in motion. Wilmington Mayor Walter Bacon, and
Greek Minister to the United States
In 1922, in Atlanta, Georgia, a fraternal Demetrios Sicilianos present.
organization was formed. Its goal was to
Americanize the Greek immigrant by World War II delayed the construction of
helping them learn the language and the Church, but the Greeks of Wilmington
become citizens. Another goal was to protect did their patriotic duty by selling War Bonds
the new American from the bigotry of and helping their relatives in Nazi-occupied
organizations like the Ku Klux Klan, which Greece and later with the Greek Civil War.
at the time, was a major force in American
politics. But its lasting influence was that In October 1977, The Hellenic Community
it spearheaded the construction of Greek Center was opened with a special event
Orthodox Churches while organizing Greek featuring musical artist, Bobby Rydell.
Communities throughout the United States. On February 5, 1978, the new center was
That organization is the Order of AHEPA, dedicated. Later that year, with over 20,000
(American Hellenic Educational Progressive square feet of new usable space, the
Association). Christmas Bazaar was moved to June as
a Food Festival. The community brought
In 1926, under the leadership of John George Tsavalas (cousin of TV’s “Kojak”,
Govatos, Charles Tarabicos, and Telly), to headline musical entertainment for
others, the Homer Club in Wilmington was the festival and a new chapter of our
transformed into Wilmington Chapter #95 community was started.
of the Order of AHEPA. With dedicated
leaders and the support of the National Through the 80’s 90’s, the Greek Festival
Organization, the Greeks of Wilmington continued to grow and at one point was a
were on their way! seven day event, but the community’s limited
space and personnel resources required
Greeks enjoy a special bond with their that the Festival be made more efficient. We
religion. Even though there was no church expanded the grounds to utilize both sides of
building, throughout the early years services the church and extended the hours of
were conducted by traveling priests who operation to include lunch. This became an
would come from Philadelphia. Some instant hit with downtown workers as we
services were conducted at St. Andrews provided free bus transportation for lunch. But
Episcopal Church at 8th Shipley Streets. what eventually se t the Greek Festival apart
Others at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral at from other ethnic festivals in Wilmington, was
Concord Avenue and Market Street. But it’s emphasis on being exclusively Greek. The
from 1927 to 1939, regular services were late Mayor, Dan Frawley said it best: “These
conducted on the 3rd floor of the old “Law Greeks get it. They only feature Greek Music
Building” at 9th Market Streets. and Greek food.”
In 1939, the community was formally With the dawn of the new millennium, the
incorporated and the campaign to raise community made an earnest effort to correct
funds for the purchase of a site and decades of engineering errors. After years of
construction of a church was begun shortly leaks in the Byzantine dome, it was encased
thereafter. In July, 1939, the community in a copper like barrier that finally stopped
purchased the estate of the home of the the leaking. Unfortunately over the years, the
late U.S. Senator T. Coleman DuPont for leaks destroyed the iconography in the dome
35,000, as the site of their church. The and along the columns supporting the dome.
stables to the rear of the estate were In 2003, that iconography was completely
converted into our first “permanent” updated using true Byzantine style.
church edifice. On November 30, 1939,
Archbishop Athenagoras blessed the Most recently, we continue to make an
opening of the campaign to raise $150,000 impact on the local community in
at a fundraiser in the Gold Ballroom of community service and education. The
the Hotel DuPont with dignitaries like St. Elpida (Hope) Organization sponsors a
Delaware Governor Richard McMillan, day each month of cooking a luncheon for
the less fortunate at the Emmanuel Dining
Room. The Parishioners that run the Holy
Trinity Food Pantry that benefits local area
From summer camp, Greek Festival and Greek
Independence Day Celebrations our community food closets also sponsor a luncheon at the
has flourished over the years while preserving our Emmanuel Dining Room, on the 12th of
religious and cultural roots.
each month. This year they are celebrat-
ing their 25th year in serving the people of
Wilmington.
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10. volunteers Today
Festival Chairmen
George Tsavalas Tom Diamanty
Festival Co-Chairs
Chris Kotanidis Michael Roussos
Booth Chairs
Church Tours Rev. Dr. Costa Christo
Dining Room Kyriakos Papademetriou,
George Vassilatos We open the festival every year with a blessing.
Kitchen Tom Lempesis, John Monk Join us Tuesday morning to recieve your blessing.
Pastries Philoptohos Ladies
Gyro George Rassias, Demitri Karakasides
Souvlaki George and Manny Fournaris,
John Kostas
Bar Michael Kirifides
Lamb Gerry Giannatos
Outside Pastries Booth Marika In The Past
Sarmousakis
Calamari Spanikopita Spiro The Festival is dedicated to all the past chairpeople who have believed in the Festival
Mantzavinos, Evan Pappanicholas and helped preserve it’s legacy over time. Without them this annual tradition would not
Loukoumades Anthoula Anagnostou have continued. This list represents the best effort by this year’s committee to recollect
Take Out Food Dimitri Halakos our past. We apologize in advance for any omissions or errors, and ask that you please
Dimitra Lempesis contact us if you are aware of one, so we may correct our records.
Soda Booth Holy Trinity G.O.Y.A.
Festival Magazine Sani Chalima, 1977 – George Gatos, Jerry Giannatos, Mike Yallourakis
Nikoletta Klezaras Dino Charalambides 1978 – Basil Giannaras
Finance Couriers George Chambers 1979 – George Righos
Nick Karavasilis 1980 – George Vassilatos
Publicity Susan Marvel Spiros Mantzavinos 1981 – Peter Coustenis, Nick Vouras
1982 – Nick Vouras
1983 – Dick Govatos, Kay Haldas, Nick Vouras
1984 – Peter Rayias
1985 – George Gatos, Basil Stergis
1986 – Mike Klezaras
1987 – John Kostas, John Laskaris
1988 – George Fournaris
1989 – Anesti Logothetis
1990 – Anesti Logothetis
1991 – Anesti Logothetis
1992 – John Frangakis
1993 – Yvonne Vassilatos
1994 – Louis Novakis
1995 – Peter Manolakis, Louis Novakis
1996 – Peter Manolakis
1997 – Harry Courtis
1998 – Tony Kledaras
1999 – Harry Courtis
2000 – Nick Vouras
2001 – Nick Vouras
2002 – Nick Vouras
2003 – Nick Vouras
2004 – Nick Vouras
2005 – George Tsavalas
2006 – Nick Vouras, George Tsavalas
2007 – Nick Vouras, George Tsavalas
2008 – Nick Vouras, George Tsavalas
2009 – George Tsavalas, Tom Diamanty
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11. Festival opens at 11am every day for Lunch in the main Dining hall
(outdoor Takeout Booth is open also)
Main Dining Hall closes nightly around 9:30pm
Outdoor Booths and Bars open everyday at 4:30pm
(includes Gyro, Souvlaki, Calamari Loukoumades Booths)
All outside booths close nightly at 11:00pm
Church Tours
The church is open for viewing everyday
from 4pm to 6:30pm.
Every night at 6:30pm Fr. Costa Christo
will conduct a 30-40 minute tour
of the Church.
Church doors close at 7:30pm for
the evening.
Dance
performances
There will be 2 performances nightly by the
various age groups of the Terpsichorean
Dancers of Holy Trinity. First performance is
at 7:30pm on the South Dance Floor
(small parking lot) followed by an 8:30pm
performance on the North Dance Floor
(main Church parking lot). Times and
schedule are subject to change. Email
Terpsichoreans@holytrinitywilmington.org
for details.
Live Greek Music on both sides of the
church begins every night at 6:30pm until
11:00pm every evening!!
Greek Dancing is a strong tradition
we strive to perserve.
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22. recipes Melomakarona
(honey macaroons)
Ingredients:
1½ cups olive oil
1½ cups butter
½ cup sugar
1½ cups orange juice
2 level tsp baking soda
½ cup brandy
grated orange rind
about 2.9lb flour
walnuts, coarsely grated
cinnamon
for the syrup:
1½ cups honey
1½ cups water
1½ cups sugar
Preparation:
Beat the olive oil, butter and sugar together.
Add the baking soda, dissolved in the orange
juice, together with the brandy and the
grated orange rind, continuing to beat.
Finally, add flour little by little until a soft
dough is formed. Knead the dough well
and form it into ovals 2½” long. Bake in a
moderate oven for 25-30min. Boil the syrup
ingredients for 5 min. When the macaroons
are partially cooled, pour the hot syrup over
them. Sprinkle with walnuts and cinnamon.
Loukoumades
(honey puffs)
Ingredients:
0.9 oz yeast
17.6 oz flour
1 level tsp. salt
olive oil for frying
honey
cinnamon
coarsely ground walnuts
Preparation:
Dissolve the yeast in ½ cup lukewarm
water. Mix the flour with the salt in a deep
bowl. Make a well in the middle of the
flour and pour in the yeast and water.
Gradually add another cup of lukewarm
water, stirring the mixture until it becomes
a uniform, rather thick batter. Cover and
leave it in a warm place for about 1 ½
hours, until bubbles rise to the top. Heat
the oil. Using a wet teaspoon, take spoon-
fulls of the batter and drop them into the
hot oil. Continue until there is no more
batter left. Turn the puffs with a slotted
spoon until they are golden brown all
over. Pour honey over them and sprinkle
with cinnamon and walnuts.
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23. Baklavas
(baklava)
Ingredients:
17.6 oz phyllo dough
1 ¹/3 lb almond and walnut chips
2 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of ground cloves
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup honey
juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp. vanilla
Preparation:
Mix the almond and walnut chips with the
cinnamon and cloves. Butter a baking pan
and line it with 4 phyllo sheets, brushing
each one with melted butter. Sprinkle on a
little of the filling, add two more buttered
sheets of dough, and continue in the
same way, leaving 4 sheets of dough for
the last layer. Cut into diamond-shaped
pieces, down to the bottom of the
baklava. Pur the rest of the butter over
the top and bake in a moderate oven for
40-45 min. Place the sugar, honey, 1 ½
cups water, the vanilla and the lemon juice
in a pan and boil for 5-6 min. Pour the
hot syrup over the lukewarm baklava.
Serve cold.
Some of our Specialties
a “must” to anyone attending our Greek Festival
Greek Specialties: Greek Pastries:
Mousaka Eggplant and potato Baklava Phylo dough with nuts and
casserole with ground beef filling honey.
topped with bechamell sauce. Finikia Semisoft cookie flavored
Pastitso Baked pasta with ground with cinnamon, dipped in honey and
beef filling and cheese topped with topped with chopped nuts.
bechamell sauce. Kourabiedes An almond-flavored
Spanakopita Commonly known as butter cookie covered with powdered
spinach pie. Phylo dough baked with sugar.
feta cheese and spinach. Loukoumades The Greek dessert
Tyropita similar to spanakopita but you cannot resist - small honey balls
with cheese filling rather than spinach. that are to die for.
Gyro Hot pita sandwich, sliced grilled
lamb, cucumber sauce, onions and
tomatoes. Greek Alcoholic Beverages:
Souvlaki Pieces of marinated pork or Greek Wines
chicken served on a skewer and pita Greek Beer
bread with special sauce. Metaxa Spirit similar to Brandy
Kalamari Deep fried squid. Ouzo Colorless unsweetened liquer
Dolmades Grape leaf roll-ups stuffed flavored with Anise.
with ground beef, rice seasonings.
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24. We hope you experience a little bit of Greece while
kalos erthate - welcome you are here and enjoy the features that our
Welcome to festival has to offer!
Greek ethnic food, Greek music and Greek dancing
the rd Annual are the core offerings of the Festival. We also have
a number of vendors offering goods related to
Greek Festival Greek culture, art, etc.
We have two Greek bands, one in each of our
at Holy Trinity, church parking lots, playing Greek music. Our youth
dancing troups perform Greek dancing shows every
Wilmington. evening and the public at large is easily enticed to
participate into the Greek dancing led by the local
Greek parishioners or guests.
All the Greek food offered on premises is prepared
by our parishioners following traditional recipes. We
serve no frozen food prepared by a food chain.
Our food offerings in the dining room are very
diverse and include such traditional dishes as lamb,
stuffed peppers, “plaki” fish, Greek salad and more!
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25. menu
Hellenic
Community Center
Open Daily at 11am
balcony: assorted Greek pastries
Mousaka $7.00
Pastitso $7.00
Chicken Orzo $8.50
Lamb Orzo $10.50 String Beans $2.00
Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed Peppers $8.50 Greek Salad $3.00
Tyropita $2.50 Orzo $2.00
Spanakopita $2.50 Rice Pudding $2.00
Dolmades 3/$2.50 20oz Soda $2.00
Keftedes 3/$3.00 20oz Water $2.00
Greek Salad
Specials!
Wednesday - Thursday: Stuffed Peppers $8.50
Friday: Baked Fish Plaki w/String Beans $9.00
Cookies
Outside Dining
Take Out
Open Daily for Dinner at :0pm
pastries: loukoumades $3.00
Variety Sampler $14.00
Chicken Greek Salad $6.50
Mousaka $7.00 Keftedes 3/$3.00
Pastitso $7.00 Lamb Sandwich $7.00
Tyropita $2.50 Gyro $7.00
Spanakopita $2.50 Souvlaki $6.00
Rice Pudding Dolmades 3/$2.50 Kalamari $7.00
Bar
Dolmades Open Daily at :0pm
Miller Light $4.00
Greek Beer $5.00
Heineken $5.00
Ouzo $6.00
Kataifi
Ouzo
Greek Wine $6.00
Wine (bottle) $20.00
Metaxa $6.00
Meatballs
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28. A family tradition since 1919
425 Beaver Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 478.1414
Our Congratulations
to All The Volunteers
Who Make
The Greek Festival
So Enjoyable!
The Eaton Family
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29. Just for Women OB/GYN
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302.224.9400 fax: 302.224.9409 Regina Clark, MD
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ph: 302.918.6400
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Best Wishes
Con gratulations stival!
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ph: (215) 463-6262
fax: (215) 463-6340
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Best Wishes
from the
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Attorneys and Counselors at Law
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34. Agianna Foods, LLC
Wholesale Fruits, Fresh Vegetables Produce.
Frozen Vegetables, Steaks, Spices Greek Items.
119 Columbia Boulevard • Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
(856) 667.9724 • Fax (856) 667.9727 • Anthony Cell: (856) 701.2665
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35. Bard Business Systems is a best-of-breed distributor
and has been in business since 1957 selling and servicing equipment
Best Wishes for financial institutions retail businesses.
Our company provides:
from Eleni, Stelios Lobby Self Service Coin Counting Systems
Online Banking Kiosks
and Counterfeit Detection (Cash Checks)
ATMs • Shredders
Virginia Desktop Money Processing - Coin, Currency, Checks
Check Processing- Read, Scan/Archive, Write Encode
Karablacas Teller Cash Dispensers Cash Recyclers
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39. Best Wishes, Nick Filopulos Family
932 Route 70 West
Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002
856.354.4747
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41. We wish the
Holy Trinity Church
Best of Luck
with the 2009
“Large enough to serve you, Greek Festival!
small enough to know you”
Looking for Specialty Greek items? Look no further.
Visit our new retail store on premises.
PK’s is a purveyor of refrigerated, frozen, dry, paper and janitorial items.
We supply Pizzerias, Deli’s, Restaurants and Institutions througout DE, MD, PA and NJ.
Now You Can Order Online!
PK’s Wholesale Grocer, Inc. Phone: 302.656.5540
915 S. Heald Street www.pksfood.com Fax: 302.656.8547
Wilmington, DE 19801 Email: pkwholesale@aol.com
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43. The various age groups -Odyssey, Pegasus, Atlantis-
of the Terpsichorean Dancers of Holy Trinity
perform twice every night of the Greek Festival.
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44. How Do You Say?
it’s all greek to me
SAVE THE DATE
Good Morning - Kali Mèra
Good Evening - Kali Spèra
Good Night - Kali Nèhta
Hello/Goodbye - Yiasou
Cheers - Stin è Gia Mas
I would like to - Thelo
September 28, 2009
Please - Parakalo
Thank You - Efharèsto
Table - Trabezè
2nd Annual Hot - Zesti
Cold - Krèo
HOLY TRINITY Water - Nero
Bread - Psomè
Wine - Krassè
Salad - Salata
How are you? - Tè Kanès ?
Corner Kiosk - Perèptero
Excellent Meal - Polè Oreo Fagito
Keep an eye out for our Tournament Flyers around the Festival! See You Again - Tha se tho Ksana
Let’s Go - Pame
Let’s Go Dance - Ela Na Horepso Me
Let’s Go Drink - Pame Na Poume
Let’s Go Watch - Pame Na Thoume
Let’s Go Have Fun - Pame Na
Glentisoume
For more information please call I Am Leaving - Fevgo
the church office 302.654.4446 or I Am Coming - Erhome
We Are Leaving - Fevgome
email at greekorth@comcast.net We Had Alot of Fun -
www.holytrinitywilmington.org Dèaskedasame Poli
Church - Eklèsèa
Sit Down - Katse Kato
Excuse Me - Segno Mè
Stand Up - Seko Epano
Congratulations to
Sani Chalima, Nikoletta Klezaras
and Dino Charalambidis.
We greatly appreciate their
creative talent, hard work
and dedication to the Greek Community.
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45. COMING SOON!
KOZY
KORNER
RESTAURANT
Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
2535 Augustine Herman Highway • Chesapeake City, Maryland
Telephone (410) 885-2535
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46. epilogue
Thank you for honoring us
with your presence.
We will be happy to serve you
again next year.
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