Foods in Faith 2025-W

  • 3:00 - 6:00 Arrive & Settle In

    5:30 - 6:30 Vespers

    6:45 - 7:00 Dinner

    6:45 - 7:30 Welcome Remarks

    7:45 - 9:00 Introduction & Teaching

  • 7:00 - 9:45 Matins and Liturgy

    10:00 - 10:30 Grab-n-Go Breakfast

    10:30 - 1:00 FOODS WKSHP (2.5 hrs.)

    1:00 - 1:45 Lunch

    1:45 - 4:45 FOODS WKSHP (3 hrs.)

    4:45 - 5:15 Coffee Break

    5:30 -6:30 Vespers

    6:45 - 7:30 Dinner

    7:45 - 9:00 To be determined

  • 7:00 - 8:30 Matins

    8:45 - 9:30 Breakfast

    9:30 - 1:00 FOODS WKSHP (3.5 hrs.)

    1:00 - 1:45 Lunch

    1:45 - 4:45 FOODS WKSHP (3 hrs.)

    5:00 - 5:15 Coffee Break

    5:30 - 6:30 Vespers

    6:45 - 7:30 Dinner

    7:45 - 9:00 Decorate Koliva

  • 7:00 - 9:30 Matins & Liturgy

    9:45 - 10:30 Breakfast

    10:30 - 10:45 Pack Bus

    11:00 Bus Departs for GSP

    *Bus Arrives at GSP by 12:30 PM

  • Wednesday: Introduction to Foods in Faith, Prep for Artos and Koliva

    Thursday: t.b.d

    Friday: Decorate your Koliva

Daily Goals for Foods in Faith

— WEDNESDAY EVE

  • Introduction

  • Prepping for Artos and Koliva

— THURSDAY

  • Make and bake the Artos

  • BEGIN the Koliva

— FRIDAY

  • Make and bake Prosfora

  • Artoklasia (Blessing of the Five Loaves) during Vespers

  • Decorate the Koliva after dinner

— SATURDAY

  • Divine Liturgy followed by Memorial prayers with Koliva

Three Academies

While you are here at the Diakonia Retreat Center, you will be able to enjoy the work of the Chanters and Iconographers who arrived on Sunday. The Chant Academy has a full schedule of class time and worship in the beautiful Panagia Chapel. as they study and practice learning Byzantine notation and the rubrics of the Church. The Iconography studio will be busy sketching, gold gilding and then painting the icon of the Archangel Gabriel in the St. Gregory Hall which is downstairs in the Chapel. The Foods in Faith schedule includes attending these services and visiting the art studio. Daily matins are at 7:00 am and vespers at 5:30 pm. Divine Liturgies will be celebrated on Thursday morning and Saturday morning. There is a nice coffee break in the iconography studio just before vespers where you can see the progress the students are making on their icon. Please note that the Thursday morning breakfast after the Liturgy is “Grab-n-Go” instead of the regular full breakfast so that we can get the students back to class in order to cover the material set forth for the week. The Diakonia Retreat Center has a lovely path around the lake and canoes are available. Please be sure to take note of the safety regulations and enjoy the peace and beauty and the spirit of The Liturgical Arts Academy.