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The Greek Festival was from September 19 th to the 22 nd . The festival provides outsiders with Greek culture, food, dancing , and more throughout the festival days.

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The Greek Festival was from September 19th to the 22nd. The festival provides outsiders with Greek culture, food, dancing , and more throughout the festival days.

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St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church is located on 85 Voorhees Corner Road, Flemington, NJ. The Church had its Gran Opening this summer on June 9th. The new Church provides a close place to worship for the community.

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Maria Sfondouris, helps at the front to direct people the festival activities. Maria also fundraises for the Church by asking for donations.

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Father Kousoulas hugs a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. “If you build it, you will come,” he said in response to the new Church being opened.

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Senior Yota Sfondouris, a member of the Greek Orthodox Church for five years now, volunteers at the festival to help out her community.

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Senior Yota Sfondouris wraps a gyro for a hungry customer.

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Volunteer's prepare Gyro sandwiches, Pork Souvlaki sandwiches, and skewers for hungry customers.

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The Greek festival provides icons that you can purchase to raise money for the church.

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The new Church provides a place to worship that accommodates all the members of the Church. “In the Orthodox tradition there is a very strong feeling that the church is the ‘House of God’”, according to a religious phamlet by Thomas FitzGerald.

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In the Church where people worship there is a dome that provides “a direct connection to God”, says Sfondouris which is the message of the Orthodoxy.