Calendar of Upcoming Events

Agenda: The Horrors of Human Trafficking

Ms Tardif’s program “Lucia’s Letter” on human trafficking, received a coveted Peabody Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, a gold medal from the New York Festivals and 1st place for Best Documentary from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. A panel discussion will follow with Dr. Johnny McGaha, Rev. Vann Ellison, and Amy Tardif.

For more information: http://christianrightsandfreedom.org/

Georg Fischer, Visiting Fellow at the Program of European Union Studies at Yale University will present
“North-South Convergence and Divergence in the European Union”.

For more information: http://www.greekboston.com/event/convergence-divergence-european-union/

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos and the Metropolis of San Francisco Philoptochos joyfully invite you to attend “Light the Path”, a Christmas Luncheon in support of the Bishop Anthony Philoptochos Student Aid Endowment Fund.

For more information go to: http://sanfran.goarch.org/events/2016-light-the-path-south/911

Lesvos at the Crossroads: The Soundscape of a Late Ottoman Island

A concert of music from the 1906 Kerekoglow collection with a slide show of the manuscript and period photos.

The concert program, arranged, performed, and narrated by Harvard ethnomusicologist Panayotis League and his ensemble, is exclusively sourced from a rare manuscript collection that was compiled in 1906 by an Ottoman Greek musician on the island of Lesvos and brought to Lynn, Massachusetts during the First Balkan War. A fascinating musical snapshot of the soundscape of turn-of-the century Ottoman Lesvos, the collection contains island dances, Ottoman art songs, European polkas and tangos, Romanian horas, and other pieces popular among the Greek, Turkish, Jewish, Armenian, and Levantine population of the island and the Asia Minor coast. This music is a timely reminder of the pluralistic character of the late Ottoman world, and a sonic memorial to the refugees who, whether in 1923 or 2016 and whether headed West or East, crossed the Straight of Mytilene in search of a safer home and a more inclusive world.

Panayotis League – violin and voice
Dean Lampros – santouri
Joe Teja – guitar and oud
Mike Davis – percussion

For more information: http://hsp.macmillan.yale.edu/event/lesvos-crossroads-soundscape-late-ottoman-island

The Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit (COCC) will sponsor its second annual “Christ is Born! Glorify Him! A Detroit Orthodox Christmas Concert”.

The first part of the concert will feature Nativity hymns and carols from Greece, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and other lands sung by selected choirs from local Orthodox churches. The second part will feature English-language hymns sung by an inter-Orthodox chorus and a sing-a-long of popular carols. An afterglow reception will follow.

Attendees are invited to bring canned and non-perishable food for donation to Orthodox Detroit Outreach Community Pantry at Gilbert and Clayton streets.

Lecturer Angela Falcetta, “Religion in Diaspora: the Greek Experience of Catholic Power in the Eighteenth-Century Italy”

For more information: http://www.princeton.edu/hellenic/events/viewevent.xml?id=647

The Faculty and seminarians of our St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary are grateful for your financial support throughout the year and we hope that you join us for the inaugural “Christmas at the Seminary”. This event is open for the whole family. There will be drop-in Christmas-themed activities, ornament making and cookie decorating for the entire family. Light refreshments will also be served.

You will have the opportunity on that Saturday to meet the current student body and also tour the Seminary and Three Holy Hierarchs Chapel and learn about the 300+ year-old building and the repairs which took place over the past year.

For more information: http://www.uocofusa.org/

For more information: http://www.stgeorgecathedral.org/lectureseries.html

For more information: http://www.serbiancathedral.org/

For more information:http://www.uocofusa.org/news_161123_2.html

St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir will present a concert of hymns from the Orthodox Church’s Vigil and Divine Liturgy for Christmas. Hymns will be sung in Church Slavonic, the liturgical language of the Russian Orthodox Church, and in English. The concert will end with traditional hymns and carols from Eastern Slavic countries and regions.

For more information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-marys-orthodox-cathedral-choir-russian-christmas-tickets-29796713773

For more information: http://uocofusa.org/news_161205_1.html

Agenda: “The Constitution, Religious Freedom, and the Right to Exclude Customers”

Bob Levy is a constitutional lawyer and chairman of the board at the Cato Institute, a prominent libertarian think tank in Washington, DC. Bob will discuss the differences between liberals and conservatives in the way they understand and apply the Constitution. This topic is especially timely with the likely appointment of new justices to the Supreme Court. Bob will then tackle an issue that’s been front-and-center in the news and the courts: Do private businesses — for religious or other constitutional reasons — have a right to deny services to their clientele? Following the talk, we’ll have time for questions from the audience.

For more information: http://christianrightsandfreedom.org/

This is a wonderful opportunity to serve and love our most needy neighbors on Skid Row in Los Angeles, CA.  Junior High, High School, and College Students.  We will stay and serve at the Fred Jordan Mission: www.fjm.org. The service learning weekend will come to a close following Liturgy on Sunday. Pick up will be at the Cathedral.

For more information:http://focusnorthamerica.org/programs/yes/upcoming-trips/

For more information: https://www.iocc.org/events/arabian-nights-young-professionals-syrian-crisis-relief-gala-houston-tx

Hailed by critics as a “thinking” musician with engaging stage presence and a gratifying combination of virtuosity and eloquence, pianist Pedja Muzijevic has defined his career with creative programming, unusual combinations of new and old music, and lasting collaborations with other artists and ensembles. He will play works by Scarlatti, Liszt, Wagner, W. F. Bach, and Schumann, as well as selections for prepared piano by John Cage.

If you wish to subscribe to the Friends of Music, or for more information, please contact concerts@doaks.org or call 202-339-6436. Performances take place Sundays at 7:00 p.m. and Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Please note that this concert will take place in the Music Room of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum.