St. George's Annual Festival
This year's festival will be on Thursday, June 4; Friday, June 5; Saturday,
June 6;
and Sunday, June 7.
We hope you can join us again this year!
As always there will be live music, dancing, imports, authentic Greek dancing and guided church tours. Food is served continuously!
Thursday 5 pm - 10 pm | Friday 11 am - 11 pm | Saturday 11 am - 1 am | Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm
Festival Menu | Taverna | Pastries | Raffle Information | Music & Dance |
Beloved Friends and Supporters of St. George Cathedral,
It is with great joy, friendship, and love that we welcome you to the 2009 Cathedral Greek Festival.
We would like to express our deep gratitude for coming and supporting our Cathedral and in so doing we hope that you have a wonderful time at our festival. At the same time, we hope and pray that your visit with us will bring both our Hellenic heritage and Orthodox Faith closer to you and your friends and family. The Hellenic hospitality is a well known concept in the World that reverberates clearly and distinctly in Hartford area.
Please come, visit and taste our delicious ethnic food, pastries, culinary delights, music, dance and fellowship which the hardworking and dedicated parishioners of the Cathedral offer you today. Also, visit our different food stations and booths and take with you a little taste and smell of Greece. Please, be sure to visit our cathedral and take a moment to offer a prayer for all the blessings that you have received.
On behalf of the Parish Council, organizations, dedicated chairperson and volunteers of Greek Festival 2009 – Welcome and Enjoy!
Rev. Fr. George Zugravu
Dean
Festival Menu Festival Menu in PDF format
Everything is available for take outSpanakopita
A tasty mixture of spinach and feta cheese baked in flaky pastry leaves
Tiropita
A special blend of cheese, eggs and seasonings wrapped in flaky pastry
leaves
Dolmades
Little rolls made from grape leaves, stuffed with rice and steamed until
tender. This food dates back to the time of Alexander the Great
Greek Salad Plate
Classic salad of crisp lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers topped with feta
cheese, Kalamata olives, and onions, seasoned with a special Greek dressing
Souvlaki
Delicious chucks of pork tenderloin marinated in herbs and spices and
grilled to perfection. Served on a bed of rice pilaf, together with a
Greek salad and roll
Lamb Shank Kapama
Seasoned select lamb served in a delicious Greek red sauce on a bed
of rice pilafm together with a Greek salad and roll
Pastitsio Dinner
Macaroni with seasoned ground beef in a rich cream sauce and topped with
grated cheese, together with a Greek Salad and roll
Moussaka Dinner
Sliced eggplant combined with ground meat, spices and tomatoe sauce. Topped
with bechamel white sauce and served with a Greej salad and roll
Greek Sampler Platter
Try a few of our most popular dishes... Moussaka, Pastitsio, Souvlaki
and Dolmades
Roast Chicken Dinner
Roast Chicken sprinkled with lemon juice and oregano, served with rice
pilaf, Greek salad and roll
Gyros (served at gyro booth)
Select seasoned meat, skewered and vertically broiled, designed to ensure
lean, juicy slices wrapped in a Greek pita bread, with tomatoes, onions
and a cucumber garlic sauce
Souvlaki in a Pita (served at gyro booth)
Delicious chunks of pork tenderloin marinated in herbs and spices and
grilled to perfection served in a Greek pita bread
Taverna (Ouzeri Menu)
The taverna is located outside on the lower-level back patio. The Ouzeri will be open evenings only. Live music by our ouzeri musicians Friday and Saturday starting at 5 pm.
| Feta & Olives | Tarama (Greek caviar & pita) | Yigandes (lima beans) |
| Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) | Chicken Souvlaki | Loukanika (Greek Sausage) |
| Keftedes (Greek meatballs) | Fried peppers & skirdalia (garlic dip) |
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Cold Mix Plate: Feta, olives, tomato, tarama, skordalia and pita |
Hot Mix Plate: Keftedes, loukanika, chicken souvlaki, fried peppers & skordalia |
Pastries
All the pastries we serve are homemade, sweet and delicious, dripping with nuts, butter and honey! The pastries can also be packaged for you to take home... just ask!
Baklava
This is the aristocrat of Greek pastry. Layor upon layer of buttered
filo sheets and ground walnuts topped with syrup
Finikia
Honey-dipped butter cookies with cinnamon and nuts
Koulourakia
Traditional Greek Cookie - braided butter cookie
Kourmambiedes
Butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar
Kataifi
Shredded wheat filo filled with nuts and syrup
Tsourekia (an entire loaf)
This sweet bread is a speciality in every Greek home on Sundays, religious
holidays and festivals
Ravani
Olympian Semolina Cake drenched in honey syrup
Galaktobouriko
A Hellenic Treasure - a richly flavored, tasty dessert with thin, "syrup
kissed" pastry sheets top and bottom, filled with a creamy baked
custard filling, a delectable dessert truly fit for the gods
Karidopita
A spongy Greek walnut cake cut into diamond shapes and drenched in
honey syrup
Loukoumades (served at the gyro booth)
Mouth-watering, feather-like Greek fried dough dipped in honey and
topped with nuts
Rice pudding
Kataifi Haniotiko
Sweet wheels of buttered filo filled with shredded wheat, nuts and syrup.
Raffle Prizes 2009
Raffle Tickets: $2.00 each
The drawing will be held at the Social Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2009, at 5:00 pm. Winners need not be present to win. Purchase tickets at the Raffle Table, located at the entrance of the Social Hall, or from roaming ticket sellers.
Prize #1 ~ $1,500 Gift Certificate redeemable at M & M Travel Agency
Prize #2 ~ Trip for Two to Las Vegas, Nevada
Four-day/three-night stay at Harrah’s Las Vegas, including roundtrip airfare (Some restrictions apply; Reney Tours)
Prize #3 ~ Trip for Two to Atlantic City, New Jersey
Three-day/two-night stay at Harrah’s Atlantic City, including roundtrip transportation (Some restrictions apply; Reney Tours)
Prize #4 ~ $599 Gift Certificate redeemable at Premier Limousine
8-hour stretch limousine service for 6, roundtrip to New York City
Prize #5 ~ HP Notebook PC G60-235DX
Prize #6 ~ $300 Gift Certificate redeemable at West Farms Mall
Prize #7 ~ $250 Gift Certificate redeemable at Stew Leonards
Prize #8 ~ iPod Nano with travel charger
Prize #9 ~ $150 Gift Certificate redeemable at All State Deluxe Motor Club
Prize #10 ~ Kodak C-913 digital camera
All Proceeds will benefit the St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Live Music & Dance
Enjoy listening to great live musical entertainment while you dine, or merely stroll and enjoy the Hellenic cultural experience. The musical band, Hellenic Express, will play outdoors on our main stage and in the Ouzeri (rear patio) on:
Thursday: 7 – 10 pm ~ Friday: 1 – 3 pm & 7 – 11 pm ~ Saturday: 4 – 11 pm & 11 pm – 1 am (D.J.)
In addition, there will be authentic Greek dancing performed by the Olympian Dancers on:
Friday: 6:30 pm & 8:30 pm ~ Saturday: 6:30 pm & 8:30 pm
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