President
Maria N.
1st Vice President
George L.
2nd Vice President
Alexandra A.
3rd Vice President
Eleni M.
Recording Secretary
Anastasia A.
Corresponding Secretary
Cassiane M.
Treasurer
Panayioti T.
Historians
Zoe N.
Anna-Maria P.
Religious Studies
Sophia M.
GOYA Head Advisor
Alexandra Pittas
GOYA Advisors
Sophia Mantzouranis
Lydia Mavromatis
Sotirios Nasios
Nick Pittas
GOYA- The Greek Orthodox Youth of America ("GOYA") is a ministry made up of teenagers ("GOYANS"), grades 7 through 12, of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. There are four elements of the ministry emphasized within GOYA: worship, fellowship, service, and witness.
Worship
The Goyans experience worship by attending and actively participating in the Divine Liturgy,
Sacraments, serving as an Altar Boy and by attending Religious Education Class.
Fellowship
The element of Fellowship can be experienced by Goyans through Lenten Retreats, Night with God,
Basketball Tournaments and Greek Dance.
Service
Our Goyans experience service by volunteering for Goyan activities such as; working at a local
soup kitchen and food bank.
Witness
The last element of Witness is experienced by the Goyan trying to live their life more like Jesus
Christ. For example, reading and studying the Bible, making newcomers feel
welcome, teaching younger children about the faith, and letting Christ's love shine
through in all that they do.
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Our Great Lenten Retreat is Saturday, March 31st- Sunday, April 1st. It will take place this year at St. Basil’s Academy in Garrison , New York . We will be departing by bus at 6:00 a.m. from our new property. The address is 701 Norwood Road Silver Spring , Md. 20905 . This makes it very convenient as we can leave our cars there. Please park in the horse shoe drive way on the left side as you enter. |
On the way to New York we will be stopping for breakfast. Please allow at least $10-$15 for breakfast.
We hope to arrive at St. Basil’s by noon. We will eat lunch and begin our retreat. The Retreat Sessions will be run by Father Evagoras and the Seminarians. Dinner will be at St. Basil’s as well.
We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Fishkill , NY . The hotel price is $95 per room plus tax. The room will have 2 queen beds and is non smoking. Please call 845-896-4001 or go to the below link to book your room. In order to receive the $95 room rate you must mention “The Greek Orthodox Youth Group Rate”. Please book your hotel as soon as possible as we have only blocked 15 rooms and they need to be booked by March 9th.
http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/fishkill/fhkex/hoteldetail?groupCode=GOY
On Sunday, we will attend church at St. Basil’s followed by brunch and our last retreat session. After departing St. Basil’s, we will head to the 9/11 Memorial in New York City . Our reservation for the memorial is at 5:30 p.m. and it will take about an hour to view. We will get dinner on the way home at Romano’s Macaroni Grill in Edison , New Jersey . They will give us a pre fix menu for approximately $24 which will include Salad, Entree and soda. We hope to be back to our area around 11:00-11:30p.m.