Go Greek for Athenian Agora Fest

Opa! The 36th annual Athenian Agora festival continues today from 11 a.m. to midnight and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. The event will be held at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 24 W. Preston St. in Baltimore.

During Cathedral tours, participants can see authentic Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows in Byzantine-style. The festival also boasts home-cooked Greek foods and pastries, crafts and gifts, live Greek music and dancing, colorful costumes on dancing troupes, children?s activities, a silent auction and more. For details, call 410-727-1831.

Year-long birthday party comes to a close

Archbishop Edwin O?Brien will close out the year-long celebration of St. Elizabeth of Hungary?s 800th birthday on Nov. 18.

All are welcome to the 10 a.m. mass, gala, dinner and blessing of the newly erected Ten Commandments Monument and Memorial Garden, recently erected by the Knights of Columbus Council No. 13073.

The event will take place in thelower Church Hall of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, located at 2700 E. Baltimore St., across from Patterson Park. For more information, call 410-276-6344.

Harford County Orchestra performs at St. Patrick?s Cathedral

The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, founded by music director Sheldon Bair, based in Harford County,  will make its debut performance in New York City’s famed St. Patrick?s Cathedral in Manhattan on Sunday at 7 p.m.

The symphony’s concert, performed in Polish, will celebrate Polish Independence Day, Nov. 11, 1918. The orchestra will collaborate with Polish soprano, Anna Kostrzynska and choirs from New York and Poland.

The Symphony is a non-profit organization supported by grants from the Harford County Government through the Harford County Cultural Arts Board and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Interfaith efforts feed those in need

The Third Annual Thanksgiving Canned Food Collection and Labyrinth Walk will be held in the Northeast Interfaith Peace Garden on Nov. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. The canned food collected will benefit several food pantries in Northeast Baltimore, including the Northeast Food Pantry, the St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Anthony of Padua Church and the Muslim Community Cultural Center. Cans collected will be placed on the labyrinth as a visual sign of the importance of feeding those in need.

An interfaith blessing of the food collected will be offered, and participants will be invited to walk the labyrinth.

The labyrinth will be at Saint Anthony Church, 4414 Frankford Avenue in Baltimore;

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