2015-03-15: Fr. Nick's message on 2015 Parish Oratorical Festival

Post date: Mar 16, 2015 11:51:07 PM

Beloved Students and Parents of our Church School Students,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival of our parish.

From what I have heard, everyone did well. Congratulations!

Thank you as well to Dr. Vicki Kingingham, our chairman of the festival, our judges, Presvytera Jennifer Legakis (from Toledo, OH), William Smith (Livonia), and Manny Kotsis (Ann Arbor), as well as our trusty time-keeper, Nick Chapekis, Jr.

Here are the results (Students with "Honorable Mention" are listed in alphabetical order):

Junior Division:

    • Finalist: Sam Radwanski (will represent St. Nicholas at the District level)

    • Runner-up: Sophia Gibson

    • Runner-up: Stephanie Cotitsas

    • Honorable Mention: Leah Abdallah

    • Honorable Mention: Alexandra Chalogianis

    • Honorable Mention: Marina Govatsos

    • Honorable Mention: Christopher Hays

    • Honorable Mention: George Hauck

    • Honorable Mention: Gabriel Necula

    • Honorable Mention: Anastasia Papageorgiou

    • Honorable Mention: Chrysanthe Patselas

Senior Division:

    • Finalist: Angelos Bairactaris (will represent St. Nicholas at the District level)

    • Runner-up: Anastasia Gibson

    • Runner-up: Athina Res

    • Honorable Mention: Frank Bairactaris

    • Honorable Mention: John Hauck

    • Honorable Mention: Nicholas Hays

    • Honorable Mention: William Kiningham

Congratulations to all of you!

God bless,

Fr. Nick