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2011 Update: Portland Greek Festival Pictures & 2011 Schedule | 15,000+ People, Food, Music, Dance

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The 5th Annual Portland Greek Festival is this weekend @ Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on NE 31st and Glisan. It is truly is on the best festivals of the year. Great food, great entertainment and 15,000+ attendees.

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• Portland Greek Festival Food & Dance Pictures
  
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From the Greek Festival website:

Immigrants for Greece began arriving to the Northwest in the late 1800s to work in fishing, lumber, railroad and other jobs. Settling in Portland they established their church, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in southeast Portland. Moving to a new and larger church on 32nd and NE Glisan in 1952, the mortgage had to be paid off. The ladies decided to help by holding a bazaar with their handwork, food, pastries, music and dances from their homeland. This was the beginning of what is no known as the Annual Greek Festival which is one of the largest of its kind.

The Greek Festival remains a wonderful opportunity for us to share annually with over 15,000 guests from the Portland Metropolitan area our beautiful Greek Orthodox faith, our cherished cultural traditions, food, music, and dance.

Each year we award a portion of our festival proceeds to worthy philanthropic endeavors in the greater Portland community. Most recently, we have supported

59th Annual Greek Festival
October 1, 2, 3 2010
10am to 10pm Friday and Saturday
Noon to 8pm on Sunday
http://www.goholytrinity.org

Adults: $13.00
Seniors 65-plus: $11.00
Children under 12: $6.00
Prices apply all hours, all days

Dinner tickets are available at the information booth or at the door. Talents are one dollar each.

Combination Plate on Friday and Saturday, 11am to 8pm
Dolmathes, pastitsio, keflethes, green beans yiahni, salad, bread, beverage, and dessert

Vegetarian Plate (available every day)
Spanakopita, green beans yiahni, salata, bread, beverage and dessert

Kota Riganati on Sunday, noon to 8pm
Half roasted chicken with with lemon, manestra, green beans yiahni, salata, bread, beverage, and dessert

Deli
Gourment Imports: fine cheeses, olives, olive oil, pastas, herbs and spices, preserves, nuts, and more.

Children’s Corner
10:00pm-8:00pm Friday
Noon to 8:00pm Saturday and Sunday.
Activities: face painting, gold “medals”, ivy wreaths, coloring, games, puppet shows, and more! Admission: two talents.

Assorted Pastries	2 talents or 2 for 3 talents
Loukoumades	2 talents (small), 3 talents (large)
American Coffee	1 talent
Greek Coffee	2 talents
Frappe (iced Greek coffee)	3 talents
Sodas and Bottled Water	1 talent
Taverna Prices
Feta Dip, Hummus, and Vegetables	5 talents
Cheese and Olive Sampler	4 talents
Greek Pasta Salad and Bread	5 talents
Village Salad and Bread	5 talents
Gyro	4 talents
Sausage	3 talents
Souvlaki	4 talents
Spanakopita	3 talents
Tiropita	3 talents
Beer Micro Brew	5 talents
Domestic Beer	4 talents
Wine	5 talents
O’Douls non-alcoholic beer	2 talents
Soda and Water	1 talent
A La Carte (Served in Outside Tents)
Lamb	7 talents
Lamb tickets are available at the talent booth
Deli
Feta Dip and Vegetables	4 talents
Greek Village Salad and Bread	4 talents
Cheese and Olive Sampler	4 talents
Greek Pasta Salad and Bread	4 talents
Pre-packaged Pastries
Package of 6	$8.00
Package of 8	$10.00
Combination (variety of 7)	$9.00
Bougasta (package of 2)	$4.00
Diples (package of 2)	$6.00
Karithopita	$4.00
Koulourakia	$6.00 per dozen
Paximadia	$8.00 per dozen
Tsoureki (sweetened bread)	$10.00

<!–Grand Prize:

Choice of 2 round trip tickets to Greece or Hawaii (some restrictions apply)

2nd Prize:

42-inch Plamsa Color TV

3rd Prize:

3 days/2 nights at The Inn at Spanish Head – Oregon Coast, Lincoln City, Oregon

4th Prize:

Apple iPod, 60 GB color screen

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Saturday,1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 4:45 pm, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm, and 8:00 pm
Sunday, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 4:30 pm, and 5:30 pm

Performances take place on the 31st Avenue dance stage. Performance times noted in bold take place in the dining room.

Visitors, please observe and respect a strict code of conduct in the sanctuary, our place of worship. No food, drinks, chewing gum, or loud talking.

Guide to Greek Pastries

Baklava
Delicately thin pastry leaves (filo) spread with butter and filled with a walnut/spice mixture and topped with syrup.

Bougatsa
A custard type filling in filo. Topped with honey, cinnamon and powdered sugar.

Diples
A delicate butter and egg pastry deep-fried and dipped in honey. Sprinkled with spices and nuts.

Kadaifi
Kadaifi dough with butter, chopped walnuts, cinnamon and cloves, topped with a honey syrup.

Karithopita
Spiced walnut honey cake.

Koulourakia
An all butter and egg braided cookie. Not overly sweet and good with coffee.

Spiced Orange Koulourakia
A braided cookie make with pure vegetable shortening and spices.

Kourabiethes
An all-butter and egg yolk shortbread-type cookie flavored with brandy and dusted heavily with powdered sugar.

Melomakarona
An orange-flavored cookie spiced with cinnamon. Dipped in honey and sprinkled with nuts.

Pasta Flora
An all-butter cookie with an apricot filling.

Paximadia
Choose one of the five flavors of this Greek biscuit: lemon, orange, amaretto, anise, or chocolate.

Rolla
Rolled filo with walnuts and spice mixture, topped with honey syrup and chocolate.

Tsoureki
Braided sweet bread, make with eggs, milk, sugar, and butter.