Seattle Greek Festival Returns and Draws Thousands of Guests – The National Herald

SEATTLE, WA – 1000’s of friends flocked to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church within the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle over the weekend of October 7-9 to benefit from the Seattle Greet Competition. A Seattle custom since 1960, the occasion was again after a two-year hiatus as a result of pandemic. The assorted areas each contained in the church services and the massive outside tent had been jam-packed a lot of the weekend. Many attendees advised parishioners how happy they had been that the Competition was once more being held. That they had missed it.

In its ‘Weekend Plus’ part, the Seattle Occasions quoted Competition volunteer Katherine Dikeakos who mentioned: “One of many ways in which Greeks actually know the best way to welcome folks is to carry them in, cook dinner for them, share tradition, share music and traditions.”

Dikeakos additionally defined that whereas the Competition has grown 12 months after 12 months, the normal meals and pastries are nonetheless ready by the members of St. Demetrios, an essential dedication that has remained from the start.

The parish’s award-winning dance teams carried out all through the weekend to the delight of Competition attendees and at different occasions dwell music was supplied by Seattle-based Taki and the Mad Greeks. Many individuals took the chance to be taught concerning the Orthodox religion by becoming a member of one of many frequent excursions of the church given by parish clergy with introductory remarks by parishioners, stopping by an info sales space within the massive tent, and buying in a really well-stocked bookstore which additionally supplied icons, prayer ropes, censers, incense and charcoal and associated spiritual objects.

A separate sales space bought objects reminiscent of cleaning soap, candles, honey, and different meals lovingly ready by the nuns of the St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery in Goldendale, WA.

Additionally on the Competition, a boutique with quite a few objects handmade by women within the parish, a kids’s sport space, and an info sales space for the Greek-American Historic Museum of Washington State.

Extra info is accessible on-line: http://seattlegreekfestival.com