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Parish Timeline
- 1961 - Families would travel to Florence, SC or Wilmington, NC
to attend church (about a 70 mile drive)
- 1965 - Orthodox services are held at the Episcopal Church on
31st Avenue in Myrtle Beach
- 1975 - Approval to open a mission Church with Florence being the
"mother church"
- 1976 - Purchased a building on 44th Avenue N. for future church
- 1977 - First Orthodox Church in Myrtle Beach conducted services
on Easter weekend with 27 families in attendance. Parish
Priest was Father Nicholas Spirakis
- 1977 - Community sponsors their first Greek Night - Town Party
- 1978 - Became independent from the Florence church and received
our own charter
- 1980 - Purchased property on Hwy 17 by-pass anticipating the
need for a new church
- 1988 - Ground-breaking ceremonies on July 17th for new church
celebrated by His Grace Bishop Isaiah of Aspendos
- 1991 - First service in the new (current) church. Orthodox
community now has over 100 families
- 1992 - Father Jeremiah Monios becomes the first full-time parish
priest
- 1992 - Community sponsors and hosts our first Greek Festival
- 1997 - Community celebrates our 20th anniversary
- 1998 - Father George S. Zervos becomes our parish priest
- 2001 - As we enter the 21st century our parish continues to
flourish - with over 200 member families
- 2002 - Iconography on the dome
and pillars is completed
- 2003 - Diocese of Atlanta is elevated to a Metropolis, and His
Grace Bishop Alexios is elevated to His Eminence Metropolitan
Alexios of Atlanta
- 2004 - On August 22nd ground breaking ceremonies for the new
fellowship hall celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of
Atlanta
- 2004 - The second phase of our
iconography is installed on the side domes and rear wall of the
church
- 2005 - The long awaited fellowship hall is completed on June
23rd
- 2005 - Father Efstathios Varvarelis becomes our parish priest
- August 2007 - Father Konstantine Eleftherakis becomes our parish priest
- October 2007 - The third phase of our
iconography is installed in the
church
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