The Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival is a program for teenage youth sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The purpose of the festival is to give our youth an opportunity to learn, right, and speak about their Orthodox faith and heritage.

Our parish festival usually takes place on March 16.

The oratorical Festival is divided into three divisions:

• Elementary division (local festival only) for students in grades 4-6
• Junior division for students in grades 7-9
• Senior division for students in grades at 10-12

Finalists from junior and senior divisions advance to the district festival. Finalists in each district division represent the district at the Metropolis Oratorical Festival. The first place speaker in each Metropolis division is then selected to participate in the Archdiocese finals, which is hosted by a different Metropolis each year. The Oratorical Festival scholarship fund provides college scholarships to the top speakers. All finalist at the Archdiocese finals participate in a weekend of activities, the highlight of which is the delivery of their speeches, essays or poems on Saturday morning.