2019 Recipients of the Archbishop Demetrios Years Of Service Award

 

for Choir Directors of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

In 1988, a distinctive award was inaugurated to honor Greek Orthodox church musicians who had completed twenty-five or more years of service as choir directors of Greek Orthodox parishes. Each year since that time, the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians has been pleased to assist the Archdiocese in identifying and recognizing the church musicians who have showed such exemplary commitment. On October 6th, National Church Music Sunday for 2019, the following twenty-two choir directors were honored for their dedicated and steadfast stewardship.

 

Name	Church	City/State	Years of Service
Stella Papachristou	Annunciation	Milwaukee	WI	45
Elsa Libowitz	St. John the Baptist	Anaheim	CA	40
Cathy Moufarge	St. George Cathedral	Manchester	NH	35
Alexander T. Dogias	St. Basil	Troy	NY	31
Voula Margelos Brown	Holy Trinity	San Francisco	CA	30
Sue Arakas	Holy Trinity	Asheville	NC	29
Penelope Filley	St. Demetrios	Elmhurst	IL	29
Maria Grias	St. George	Southgate	MI	29
Mary Angotti	Assumption	Price	UT	28
†Cameron P. Grammas	Holy Trinity/Holy Cross	Birmingham	AL	28
George Tzougros	Assumption	Madison	WI	28
Christine Liapis	St. Katherine	Burlington	NC	27
Elaine Palaiologos	St. Katharine	Redondo Beach	CA	27
†Helen Fefles	Sts. Constantine & Helen	Palos Hills	IL	26
George N. George	Annunciation Cathedral	Chicago	IL	26
Presv. Voula Liacopulos	Holy Trinity	Egg Harbor	NJ	26
Demetri Miltiades	Holy Transfiguration	Marietta	GA	26
Helen Pantazakos	Panagia Pantovasilissa	Lexington	KY	26
Angelis Duvlaris	St. George	Clifton	NJ	25
Mary Gaylord	Sts. Constantine & Helen	Annapolis	MD	25
†Ernest O'Banion	St. Katherine	Elk Grove	CA	25
†Artemis Palios	St. John Greek	Tampa	FL	25