My family for many years growing up after Sunday church we would walk down a few blocks to the Greek Festival at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral Church. We were Christians and in no way Greek, but the Greek festival was filled with TONS of authentic Greek food, music, and dancing that anyone could enjoy! I think it was really neat for my parents to expose my sibilings and I to such a cultural environment. At first us kids thought it was boring and the food was weird, but after a few years were were reminding our parents that the festival was going and they better not forget to go.

To buy food at the festival you trade in your cash for “talents” and each food station is required 2 talents, or 5 talents depending how much they cost.  This is just their fun way of a token system and it’s nice that the booths do not have to deal with the actual cash.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral {CLICK HERE} for their web page for more info

When:

October 2, 3, 4 2009
10am to 10pm Friday and Saturday
Noon to 8pm on Sunday

Where:

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral

3131 NE Glisan Street
Portland, OR

~Below is a list of activities that will be going on through out the festival.

• Authentic Greek Dinners:
  Lamb, Roasted Chicken with with lemon, Sausage, Souvlaki, Feta Dip with Hummus, Gyros, Greek Pasta Salad, Tiropita, and most popular Spanakopita
• Cooking Demonstrations
• Fine Gold and Silver Jewelry imported from Greece
• Children’s Corner: Face painting, gold “medals”, ivy wreaths, coloring, games, puppet shows, and more!
• Gourmet Imports: fine cheeses, olives, olive oil, pastas, pastries, herbs and spices, preserves, nuts
• Tours and Presentations of the Church
• Greek Folk Dance Schedule