Foods in Faith

FOODS in FAITH * TLAA-WINTER

February 5 - 8 , 2025

Program is limited to 10 students

Foods in Faith aims to encourage the tradition of foods associated with our worship. Students will learn the theological significance of these sacred foods, as well as how to prepare them. You will participate in the worship life of TLAA-WINTER and the fruits of your labors will be offered in prayer during Friday evening vespers and Saturday morning liturgy.

Instructor: Presvytera Meredyth Houpos

Inspirational Teaching with: Fr. Andreas Houpos

Registration Information & Form at bottom of this page

  • PROSFORA

  • KOLIVA

  • ARTOKLASIA

About this Academy

Logistics

You will learn to bake Prosforon and Artos (The Five Loaves) and prepare Koliva for memorials.

Foods in Faith will start during the second half of the Chant and Iconography Academies which will have already begun on Sunday evening. You will arrive on Wednesday evening. Lessons will be Thursday and Friday and departure on Saturday.

These offering foods will be used during the Vespers, Liturgy and a Memorial services that the Chant Academy will be praying during these days.

Students will enjoy the peaceful setting of the Diakonia Retreat Center, visit the iconography workshop, attend church services, eat meals together with the other students; maybe even canoe and fish.

You may be asked to bring a stand mixer if you are driving to the Diakonia Retreat Center.

Cost

LODGE DBL - $375 per student This is a dorm-style room with shared bathrooms down the hall. Includes lodging, all meals, instruction and materials for the 3 nights at the Diakonia Retreat Center.  

Registration fees have been reduced by a Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. 

PLEASE NOTE: We are offering double occupancy rooms in the Lodges because of the concurrent Academies. We may have flexibility in this once all registrations are in. If you are a married couple and both are students, please call 706-340-6366 to see if we have a cabin, otherwise all Foods for Faith students will be in a Lodge room with a roommate. We are constrained by the DRC accommodations for men, women and married couples.  Lodging assignments are at the discretion of our staff and will be announced in November. We will do our best to take good care of everyone and we appreciate your patience in this matter.

More Business

A $100 Deposit is required to confirm your registration.

After you submit your application, we will send you an invoice and information on how to pay your deposit, shuttle fee if any and outstanding balances.

For students who are flying in, you may want to reserve a spot on the return shuttle on Saturday Feb 8 that goes from the DRC to GSP airport. Please read our Travel Page for more details.


Cancellation Policy:  
—Cancel before Dec 15: refund of all but $25 will be issued.  
—Cancel between Dec 15 and January 8: refund of all but the $100 deposit will be issued.
—Cancel after January 9:  no refunds will be issued unless we are full and can fill your spot.  In that case, all but the $100 deposit will be issued.