Greek Festival Dining

(Hellenic Center Dining Room) Yia Yia’s Kouzina Beverages (Located in Food Tent & Dining Room) Dining Hours Entrees Pastry, A La Carte, Entrees´ Bottled Water...... $2.00 Olympian Kotta – Roasted half chicken with ...... $15.00 (Inside Hellenic Center) Greek seasoning and lemon. Served with oven Bottled Soda/Gatorade...... $3.00 roasted potatoes, vegetables, roll & butter. Domestic Beer ...... $6.00 Friday & Saturday 11 am - 9 pm – Layers of , potato and ...... $15.00 Mythos (Greek) Beer ...... $7.00 Sunday 11 am - 3 pm seasoned ground beef, topped with a delicious cream sauce (krema) and baked to perfection. Wine (White or Red) ...... $7.00 Served with vegetables, roll & butter – Seasoned ground beef mixed with . . . . . $15.00 Fresh Squeezed Lemonade ...... $5.00 Friday & Saturday 11 am - 10 pm pasta & grated cheese, topped with a cream sauce Sunday 11 am - 3 pm (krema) & oven baked. Served w/vegetables, roll & butter. Brewed Coffee (Located in Dining Room) ...... $2.00 Lamb Shanks Youvetsi – Tender oven-cooked . . . . . $20.00 Church Tours & Services Our Story (located in Main Hall) lamb shanks smothered with sauce. Greek Pastries Friday: 12pm, 4:30pm, On January 5, 1914 in a coffee house on Clinton Street, three men Served with vegetables, , roll & butter. met on the eve of the Theophany. As they reminisced about the (bakh-la-VAH) Chopped walnuts ...... $3.00 (9/11 Memorial Service, 5:30pm) observance of the holy days in their homeland, the idea to found a Sides - Add a side item (orzo, potato or vegetable) . . . . $4.00 baked in layers of strudel () dough, Saturday: 12:30pm, 3:30pm church of the Orthodox faith in their new country was born. soaked with . A-La-Carte (available in the Dining Room) (Supplication Service, 6:00pm) The original founding charter of the parish is dated May 3, 1914. (fee-NEE-kia) Honey dipped spice ...... $2.00 Sunday: 12:30pm A two-family wooden house located at 107 Clinton Street was cookies, topped with chopped nuts. purchased for the purpose of using it as a church. On April 19, Hellenic Salata ...... Small ($5.00) ...... Large. . $10.00 1915, the certificate of incorporation of the Hellenic Orthodox Dolmades (5) (Vegan & Gluten Free) ...... $4.00 Kourambiethes (koo-ram-BYEH-thes) ...... $2.00 Church of Saint George of Schenectady, New York was signed, executed and acknowledged by the first priest of the parish, Rev. Spanikopita (Spinach Pie) ...... $6.00 Sweet butter cookies dusted with powdered PARKING LOT BAND *LIMITED PARKING Andreas Constantinides. Over the next two decades the parish Moussaka sugar - the traditional Greek wedding cookies...... $10.00 ADDITIONAL PARKING grew with the influx of Greek immigrants to Schenectady. (Vegan & Gluten Free) ...... $8.00 ON STREETS (tsoo-REH-kee) ...... $9.00 DANCE FLOOR Pastitsio A devastating loss occurred on February 7, 1937 at 3:14 am when ...... $10.00 Delicious holiday sweet POTTIES PORTA a fire of unknown origin erupted and the church was completely destroyed. Determined to rebuild their church out of the ashes, Souvlaki Menu (available in Food Tent) (koo-loo-RAH-kia) ...... 12/$7.00 the 150 member families joined together to raise $45,000 and Twisted butter cookies. BAR the cornerstone for a new church was laid in September of 1937. Pork Souvlaki – (soo-VLAH-kee) ...... $10.00 In 1939, the new and present day St. George Greek Orthodox Marinated pieces of seasoned pork Kataifi (ka-ta-EE-fe) Shredded filo stuffed ...... $3.00 Church was completed. with chopped nuts and soaked with honey. Chicken Souvlaki – (soo-VLAH-kee) ...... $10.00 In the decades which followed, the parish was active and thriving. Marinated pieces of seasoned chicken Karidopita (ka-ree-THO-pee-ta) Dark ...... $3.00 LOUKOUMADES Youth organizations were formed, the annual Greek Festival began walnut spice cake drenched with honey syrup. and parish youth participated in the Junior Greek Olympics in Gyros – (YEE-ros) Thinly sliced beef ...... $10.00 Syracuse. FOOD TENT on with onion, and SOUVLAKI Ravani (ra-va-NEE) Farina sponge ...... $3.00 St. George Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding – (loo-KAH-nee-ko) Greek ...... $10.00 cake with syrup. with a Diamond Jubilee Gala on Saturday, April 25, 2015 celebrated sausage seasoned with orange rind & herbs. by His Grace, Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos along with the presiding Galactobureko (ga-lac-to-BUR-e-ko) ...... $5.00 priest of St. George and local Greek Orthodox clergy. Semolina custard in filo. * All of the Souvlaki menu items are served on pita bread w/fresh sliced onions, ripe Today St. George Church has significantly fewer member families tomatoes and w/Tzatziki sauce – (tza-ZEE-kee) Yogurt, cucumber & sauce. (pax-ee-MAH-thia) ...... 6/$6.00 PASTRY MARKETPLACE ATM than it had during the peak years of the 1960s. The family structure

Anise flavored toasted bread. MARKETPLACE &BOOKSTORE in today’s society spans a much larger geographical area. Inter-faith Pork, Chicken or marriages are much more common than in past years and with (Meat ONLY) ...... $6.00 Lemon Ricotta Cake each new generation, careers and job opportunities often lead to ...... $3.00 HALL Hot Dog ...... $3.00 Lemon cake with creamy ricotta cheese Church distant locations. Although the world has changed much over the * w/ meat sauce ...... $4.00 past 100 years, the members of St. George today remain firm in Pastry Sampler ...... $15.00 their resolve to maintain their Orthodox faith and honor their French Fries ...... $4.00 SALAD heritage not only for the present but for tomorrow and the future DINNER & Church generations to come. * Add to any meal for ...... $2.00 (Located in Food Tent) A ALA LA CARTE CART BAR Entrance Pita ...... $2.00 Loukoumades *Church is open during (loo-koo-MA-thes) ...... 12/$7.00 church tours only. Visit us at www.saintgeorgegoc.com

Deep fried dough dipped in honey ATM BATHROOMS and follow us on Greek Coffee ...... $3.00

DRIVEWAY (https://www.facebook.com/SaintGeorgeNY/) Frappe ...... $5.00 LIBERTY ST.