Metropolis of Chicago St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival

06/09/2022

The Chicago Metropolis representatives did very well at the National Oratorical Festival in Dallas, Texas this weekend. Demetra Feradouros (SS Constantine & Helen, Palos Hills, IL) placed second in the Senior Speech Division, and Chris Zouras (Ascension of Our Lord, Lincolnshire, IL) placed first in the Junior Speech Division.

Congratulations to both!

11/16/2021

The 2022 Topic Tips and Resources are now available! Click the link and scroll down to "2022 Festival Information" to access the PDF. https://www.goarch.org/en/oratorical

03/26/2020

NEWS: The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago Oratorical Festival is going online!
May 8: Deadline for Parish Festivals (online).

05/23/2019

05/22/2019

Congratulations to this years winners! The hard work and determination clearly shows! Axioi!

09/05/2018

The 2019 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Topics are now available. It's never too early to get a jump start on researching the topics!

The 35th National St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival - June 9, 2018

07/16/2018

Here is a wonderful essay written by George Golfinopoulos about orthodoxy in action!

07/13/2018

Prayer, fasting and service to others is the focus of Elijah Rauch's essay. What an awesome piece of writing!

07/11/2018

This beautiful icon of St. John the baptist was created by Andrew Pappas. Keep up the good work Andrew!