INTRODUCTION: GREEK AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT -- PART ONE: THE ENDURING TRADIONS OF ORTHODOXY -- The Church -- The Seven Sacraments -- Baptism and Chrismation -- Marriage -- Confession -- Communion -- Holy Unction -- Holy Orders -- Saints -- Name Days -- Icons -- The Church of the Home -- Special Blessings, Prayers, and Appeals -- Religious Breads -- Fasting -- Death and Mourning -- PART TWO: CUSTOMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE -- Greek-American Values -- Birth of Children -- Selecting a Name -- Greek School -- As the Greeks Say -- Food and Drink -- Popular Music -- Folk Dancing -- Proverbs and Sayings -- Superstitions -- Community Life -- Visiting Greece -- PART THREE: FEAST DAYS, FASTS, AND HOLIDAYS -- Annual Calendar -- AUTUMN -- The Nativity of the Mother God -- The Exaltation of the Holy Cross -- Oxi Day -- Christmas Lent -- The Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple -- WINTER -- Christmas, New Year, and Epiphany -- Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs -- The Presentation ofJesus Christ in the Temple -- SPRING -- The Easter Season: Pre-Lent -- Great Lent -- The Annunciation of the Mother of God and Greek Independence Day -- Holy Week -- Holy Pascha -- Easter) * The Ascension of Jesus Christ -- Pentecost -- SUMMER -- Holy Apostles Lent * Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul -- Feast Day of the Holy Apostles * Dormition of the Mother of God Lent -- The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ * The Dormition of the Mother of God -- PART FOUR: THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY THE HISTORIC ORTHODOX CHURCH -- The Autocephalous Churches of Eastern Orthodoxy -- The Fledgling Christian Church * Christianity Recognized and Defined -- Expansion of Orthodoxy to the Slavic Countries -- The Great Schism * The Fall of Constantinople -- The Growth of Orthodoxy in Russia * Christianity Under the Ottomans -- The Reformation * Russia-The Third Rome * Contemporary Updates -- The Orthodox in the United States * Challenges for Orthodox Churches Worldwide -- Orthodox Sites to Visit * Theological Schools * Resources * Internet Websites -- THE GREEK DIASPORA -- Demographics * A Long History of Greeks Abroad -- The Four Largest Diaspora: United States of America, Australia -- Republics of the Former Soviet Union, and Canada -- Expectations and Challenges * Meeting the Challenges * Internet -- Websites -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX. fast

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