Festivals

The Rules for each Diocese are listed at the bottom of this page. The Bible Bowl Rules are contained within the Creative Festival Rules. Art, Poetry, Photography and Writing are all together in the Festival Rules and the Oratorical Rules and Bible Bowl are each in a separate file, all of which are listed at the bottom of this page.

Please note listed below for your diocese are the new Bible Bowl Rules.

2009 Conference and Convention Theme

“Be mindful, O Lord, of those who bear fruit and do good works in thy holy Churches, and who remember the poor.”
(From the Anaphora of Sts John Chrysostom and Basil the Great)

2009 Bible Bowl

The Gospel of John, as found in the Orthodox Study Bible.

Practice Questions and Study Guides will be available in December at www.orthodoxyouth.org/John

2009 Oratorical Topic

Keep in the mind the Conference/Convention Theme: “Be mindful, O Lord, of those who bear fruit and do good works in thy holy Churches, and who remember the poor.”
(From the Anaphora of Sts John Chrysostom and Basil the Great – “Red” Service Book of the Antiochian Archdiocese p. 116 and p.139-141. From the Liturgikon 292 and 293-296)

Explore what it means to bear fruit and to do good works in the Church, as well as how and why, as an Orthodox Christian, you and other members of the Church should care for the poor.

As a help in developing your Oration you might want to consider and focus on;·

Concerning Bearing Fruit

What benefits have you received from the fruits and good works of others in the Orthodox Church and what impact this has had on you, your family, and other young people?
Share an experience of bearing fruit which you feel has impacted your spiritual life.o What gifts by God have you been given to minister to others?
What impact does bearing fruit have on you and your community?
How can someone in your position as a teen influence others to bear fruit?·

Concerning the Poor and Needy

Interpret the word “poor” as an Orthodox Christian as stated in the prayers of the Anaphors of Sts. Basil and John Chrysostom.
How does helping people who are less fortunate than us bring us closer to God?
What does Jesus and the Church Fathers say concerning helping the poor and who do they define as the poor?
How can we use the sayings from our Lord Jesus Christ and the Church Fathers, concerning the poor, in our daily lives and ministry to others?
Consider that the accent on this prayer is on God helping the people who help the poor.

You should consider what

The Anaphoras of the Liturgies St John Chrysostom and St Basil have to say about these questions.
The New Testament teaches.
The Fathers of the Church have written.
What others have taught you on these matters.
What you think.
What your experience has taught you.

Consider;

That a living tree bears fruit; if we are “alive in Christ,” we bear fruit.
What the parable of the vine and branches teaches us, John 15:1-8.
That the accent on this prayer is on God helping the people who help the poor.
That the “Church” is the body of Christ, not just the church building.

2009 Festivals planner available soon from the Department of Christian Education.

Diocesan Rules

Before you begin working on your Creative Festival entries, please check the individual rules for your Diocese at the bottom of this page.

Diocese	Diocesan Creative Festival	Oratorical Rules	Bible Bowl Rules
Ottawa, Eastern Canada, and Upstate New York	Rules	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
New York and Washington D.C. / Charleston and the Mid-Atlantic	Rules	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
Toledo and the Midwest	Rules	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
Worcester and New England	Rules	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
Miami and the Southeast	Rules	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
Wichita and Mid-America	Revised Rules 1-23-2007 New Film Festival	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
Los Angeles and the West	Rules	You also need the Oratorical Festival Rules	You also need the Bible Bowl Rules
Oratorical	Oratorical Festival Rules
Bible Bowl Rules	Bible Bowl Rules

Diocese Deadlines

You can send e-mails to the following contacts, using editor@antiochian.org.
Please include the name of the person you are contacting. Thank you.

Diocese	Creative Festivals Art - Writing Poetry - Photography	Oratorical*	Bible Bowl
Ottawa, Eastern Canada, and Upstate New York		Diala Habib
New York and Washington D.C. / Charleston and the Mid-Atlantic	April 1st-Creative Festivals deadline June 1st-Bible Bowl and Oratorical deadline	Anthony Zrake
Toledo and the Midwest	April 1 of each year	Regina Salloum	June 13
Worcester and New England		Brendan Ferguson
Miami and the Southeast	May 15 for judging. All after will be displayed not judged. Martha Rowell, Coordinator Send entries to: All Saints Orthodox Church Attn: Shell Keim, Conference Coordinator 103 Kalida Court Cary, NC 27513	Ashley Kevorkian Dan Kevorkian: Bible Bowl Contact
Wichita and Mid-America	Creative Festivals deadline is April 1st Deadline for Bible Bowl Teams and Oratorical entries is June 1st	Vasiliki (Billie) Oldziey Christian Education/Creative Festivals Coordinator DOWAMA vas@austin.rr.com
Los Angeles and the West	March 31 Mail Entries To: Georgette Malouf 1021 N. Orchard Drive Burbank, CA 91506 Questions: 1-818-563-2838	Louie Sadd	Team Entries by May 1 Please contact Robin Nicholas (1-323-665-2845)

* Oratorical Submission Deadline is Two Weeks before each Parish Life Conference. Contact each diocesan coordinator for more details.

Bible Bowl

2008 Bible Bowl

The First Letter to the Corinthians, as found in the Orthodox Study Bible.

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Oratorical

Attention Orthodox Christian Teens:
It’s YOUR Turn to Speak Out

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Rules

Sample Judging Sheets

Oratorical Manual

Sample Resume, Permission Slip

Keeping in mind The 2008 Conference Theme; "At the beginning He made them male and female. 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh."

Senior Division:
Speak about people being male and female in the image of God and about the role of masculinity and femininity in personal life and in the Mystery of Marriage in Christ.

Junior Division:
Discuss the sanctity of the marriage bond between one man and one woman (as defined by the Orthodox Church), and how the family is strengthened by it.

For Reference You May Wish To Consult:

-The Holy Scriptures (such as New Testament explanations of the Old Testament passage (Gen 1:27) as found in the Gospels and letters of St. Paul).

-The Marriage Service of the Church and other liturgical and hymnographic texts.

-The lives of the saints.

-The twenty-seventh verse from the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them."

Click here for more information about your Diocesan Parish Life Conference.

The Deadline for Entries: Two Weeks before each PLC, so get started today.

Don’t be shy.
Just get up and express Orthodox Christianity, the Eternal Faith.
You’ll be glad you did—and so will we.

Rules	Sample Judging Sheets
Oratorical Manual	Sample Resume, Permission Slip