In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affecting our world, all of the Greek-American Day and Afternoon School programs across the country were forced to suspend in school classes and transition to on-line instruction. The majority of our Parochial Day and Afternoon Greek School Programs have executed successful on-line learning tools in order to provide the most effective educational instructions to their students.
St. Demetrios Greek School and its library took part in a competition that was held by the Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs in Greece in cooperation with the Greek Department of the International Board of Books for Young people organization, where schools were being awarded for promoting Greek literature.
The Annual Staff-Development Seminar of the Direct Archdiocesan District will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 (Election Day), at the High School of St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria.
The Direct Archdiocesan District Office of Education is pleased to announce that the Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek will be administered on Wednesday, June 22, 9:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
NEW YORK – The Direct Archdiocesan District Office of Education is pleased to announce that the recent decision of the Board of Regents of the New York State Education Department to eliminate in 2010 the Regents Comprehensive Examinations in German, Hebrew, and Latin (Italian in 2011), in an effort to reduce its deficit, will not affect the development of the Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek by the Archdiocesan District Office of Education. The Archdiocese will continue developing the Examination as it has done for many years.
This year’s Annual Staff-Development Seminar of the Direct Archdiocesan District will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 (Election Day), at the St. Demetrios Cathedral High School in Astoria.
The Direct Archdiocesan District Office of Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has recently published a Curriculum for Kindergarten for the teaching of Greek as a second language to children of this age group.
Three Hierarchs Student Awards Ceremony Held at Cathedral 2016
Honorees at the Three Hierarchs Awards event with Archbishop Demetrios, Cyprus Consul General in New York Vasilios Philippou, Greece’s Consul General in New York Ambassador George Iliopoulos and various day school officials.
NEW YORK – The Direct Archdiocesan District Office of Education held its annual awards ceremony Jan. 30 for students who excelled in the Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek.
The program also commemorated Greek Letters and the Feast of the Three Hierarchs Held at Holy Trinity Cathedral Community Center in Manhattan.
Archbishop Demetrios bestowed the Three Hierarchs Award of Excellence to honorees for their achievements in Modern Greek exams held in June 2015.
Attendees included Consul General of Greece, Ambassador George Iliopoulos and Consul General of Cyprus Ambassador Vasilios Filippou, priests, principals, teachers, and the honored students’ families.
Students attended from Greater New York, Buffalo, N.Y., New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and Missouri.
Following welcoming remarks by Maria Makedon, director of the Direct Archdiocesan District Office of Education.
Master of Ceremonies Anna Prokop, principal of the Greek American Institute in Bronx, introduced keynote speaker Fr. Stefanos Alexopoulos, Ph.D., professor of liturgical studies and sacramental theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington.
Fr. Alexopoulos posed the question “Are the Three Hierarchs Relevant today?” He emphasized their contribution to the cultivation of Greek Letters and the Hellenic-Christian civilization.
A festive musical program featurng the students of St. Demetrios Greek American Day School of Astoria, under the direction of Choir Director, Evangelos Chaziroglou followed.
Archbishop Demetrios presented the honorees by with the Three Hierarchs Award of Excellence and a Three Hierarchs icon.
Addressing the audience, the Archbishop referred to the humble and difficult life of the Three Hierarchs – St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom – as well as to their holy works that shaped our orthodoxy.
He also focused on the significance and value of the Greek Language and its effect on current reality describing a recent experience he had himself in the Sacred Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches in Geneva.
There, the Archbishop noted that “Archbishops and Metropolitans of foreign countries presented their theological proposals in the Greek Language, which left the attendees, parents, students, and teachers in awe.”
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