For
Immediate Release:
Contact:
Rev.
Athanasios C Haros, Pastor
Transfiguration
of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church of Florence
Office:
843-662-5471 Cell: 843-496-4533
FrAthanasiosHaros@mail.goarch.org
www.GoFlorence.org
Missionaries to Attend Annual Greek Festival
in Florence, May 16-18, 2013
(Florence, SC., May
15, 2013) – The 31st Annual Greek Festival will feature a “new
attraction” this year with the arrival of Blake and Pamela DiLullo, of the
Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), located in St Augustine, FL. Blake DiLullo is a Purepecha Indian from
Michoacán, Mexico who, at an early age, immigrated to the United States with
his mother and six brothers and sisters. He discovered Greek Orthodox
Christianity later in life in 2003 and will soon begin an extended mission in
Alaska.
In Alaska, the DiLullo family will serve as a living witness
to the faithful, where Blake will utilize his more than twenty years of
experience in construction to help many of the remote communities renovate and
rebuild their churches while gaining further knowledge of arctic construction
techniques. God willing, he will also acquire skills in addictions counseling
through the St. Dimitrie Program, developed by OCMC missionary to Romania,
Floyd Frantz, and offered at St. Herman’s Seminary on Kodiak Island. Pamela
will continue to home school their children while assisting the staff of St.
Herman’s Seminary in developing and implementing Orthodox educational curricula
for the youth of Alaska. Both will assist with other projects, as determined by
the Hierarch in the Diocese of Alaska.
“We are very excited about having Blake and his family with
us this year for the Festival,” said Father Athanasios C Haros, Pastor of the
Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church in Florence. “We love to
share who we are as Greek Orthodox people. We are a great deal more than just
baklava and gyro sandwiches,” Haros said, “The food is great, for sure, but it
is our Greek Orthodox Faith that unites all of us as Greeks, Russians,
Romanians, Ukrainians, Native Americans, Arabs, Filipinos, Hispanics, African
Americans, Northerners and Southerners. We are all Greek Orthodox!” Haros said
as many as five different languages can be heard during worship every Sunday.
The DiLullo family will feature information on Orthodox
Christian Missionary efforts from throughout the world in a special booth at
the Greek Festival. As it does every year, the Greek Festival will also feature
delicious homemade Greek food and pastries, authentic LIVE Greek music and
dancing, carnival rides for the kids, helicopter rides, gift shops and Cultural
displays. The Church will also be open for guided tours and lectures.
The Greek Festival runs Thursday, May 16 through Saturday,
May 18that the Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church –
2990 S Cashua Dr in Florence. For more information, visit www.FlorenceGreekFestival.com.
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