On behalf of Father Stephen, Father Lukas, Deacon Joseph, our lay leadership, our Festival Committee, and the families of our Parish, we welcome you to the 2025 Roseville Greek Festival. Our stewards have gathered with grateful hearts on this weekend closest to the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anna (September 9), the blessed parents of Mary, the Birthgiver of Jesus, to whom we give all glory. Our festival is then a panigiri, a Greek word for a centuries-old, traditional festival held in Greek villages that celebrates a holy man or woman of antiquity. This weekend is, first and foremost, a celebration of our timeless love for our Patroness, Saint Anna, and the Orthodox Christian faith, as well as our Mediterranean roots from which our parish was born, and finally, about our Roseville community where we are so lovingly and blessedly situated.

Although a small group of Greek Americans started the Orthodox Christian mission in Roseville, this parish is part of a much larger, worldwide Orthodox Christian Church, the oldest Christian tradition in the world. This is not just an esoteric theological statement or an expression of cultural pride; rather, it is a fact supported by the history of Christianity itself. read more