Greek Orthodox Church of St. George (Piscataway, New Jersey)

St. George Greek Orthodox Church Greek School
St. George Greek Orthodox Church Greek School
Address
	1101 River Road Piscataway, NJ
Information
Type	Greek School Pre-k-12
Established	1916
Principal	Toula Karamarkos[1]
Teachers	Sofia Amaxopoulos; Katerina Kourti; Chrisoula Plias
Faculty	4.0 FTEs[2]
Grades	Pre-K-7
Enrollment	225 (estimate as of 2020–21)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	11.0:1[2]
Campus	3 acres (12,000 m2)
Color(s)	Purple and; White[3]
Athletics	3 sports
Athletics conference	NJ GOYA group 2
Team name	Chargers[3]

St. George Greek Orthodox Church Chatechism Program
St. George Greek Orthodox Church Chatechism Program
Address
	1101 River Road Piscataway, NJ
Information
Type	Catechism Program Pre-k-12
Established	1916
Principal	Paul Stevens[1]
Vice principals	Lemonia Malhias; Maggie Stravianidis; James Solomos
Faculty	20.0 FTEs[2]
Grades	Pre-K-10-12
Enrollment	225 (estimate as of 2020–21)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	5.0:1[2]
Campus	3 acres (12,000 m2)
Color(s)	Purple and; White[3]
Athletics	3 sports
Athletics conference	NJ GOYA group 2
Team name	Chargers[3]

St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Founder	Gregory Konstantakos
Location	Piscataway, NJ, U.S.;
Area served	Central New Jersey
Board of directors	President: John Lyssikatos Priest: Very Reverend Archimandrite Nektarios Cottros 1st Vice President of Administration: Elpidoforos Arhontoulis 2nd Vice President of Operations: Constantine Apostolakis Secretary: Maria Kaouris-Christodoulatos Treasurer: Michael Sirimis, CPA
Affiliations	GOARCH, GOYA
Website	https://gocnj.org/

The Greek Orthodox Church of St. George of Piscataway, New Jersey is the largest Greek congregation in New Jersey.[4] In 2016 the congregation celebrated its 100th Anniversary as well as the 43rd anniversary of its Greek Festival.[5] It's 48th Annual Greek festival takes place May 20–23, 2021. The presiding Priest is The Very Reverend Archimandrites Nektarios Cottros since January of 2018. Their President of the Church is Mr. John Lyssikatos. The Church is blessed to have great supportive staff throughout the years.

Front of the St. George Church

GOYA Advisor George "Big Hadji" Hadjilouca eating some Cheese at a holiday party.

After 2 winless seasons, the Saint George Piscataway Goya Basketball team bounced back with a 7-1 record and earned second place in the 2019 playoffs led by 8th-grade Superstar Chris Vlahos.

From Left to right: MVP Andreas Hadji, Dean Stravianidis, Stamatis Malouchos, Demetri Kalogridis, Dimitri Zambas, Demetri Karandrikas, Toli Malouchos, DeLaurentis the beast, Antonis Kalogridis and Andrea "Drew" Apostolakis

Andreas "Hadji the Great" Hadjilouca wins the finals MVP of 2019 after winning the 2018 and 2019 GOYA Soccer Tournament

His Eminence Bishop Ioanis of Phocea (Middle) , Very Rev. Father Nektarios Cottros (left center) and Former St. George Priest (2011-2017) Father Nick Pastrikos (Last on right) during the ordination of His Eminance Ioanis to Bishophood at his original parish of St. George Piscataway (1993-1995)

Notable Members of the St. George Community

Very Reverend Archimandrites Nektarios Cottros- Priest since January 2018
Reverend Father Anthony Pappas 1959-2003
John Lyssikatos- Church President 2021-Present
George Atahanasopoulos- Former Church President 2018–2021
Panos Georgopoulos- Greek School Superintendent
Toula Karamarkos- Greek School Principal
Detective Paul Stevens- Sunday School Principal
Jim Solomos- Best St. George Parishioner
John Blazakis- Volunteer Alter Assistant
Kosta- Janitor Early 2000's-2020
George Hadjiloucas- Beloved GOYA Advisor

St. George Hall Of Fame

The people below are very memorable people that attended St. George who we will never forget

Kosta The Janitor

Kosta was a beloved member of the church community but sadly was fired by the church who has yet to give an answer as to why the best Janitor in New Jersey was fired

Favorite catchphrase "Ayy" "Eh eh, apagorevetai!"

Youth of St. George

The Youth of St. George are very fun and comedic but are more importantly spiritually knowledgeable in their classes. The most notable Youth of the St. George community has made a lasting impact on the church and will be the leaders of the church in the future. Their knowledge and hard work will elevate them highly in life. The Non-Partisan Commission of St. George has put together a list of the Hall of fame for the Youth of St. George.

Youth of St. George Hall of Fame

Andrea Bizos- Class of 2023
Dimitri Hirschman-Class of 2023
Evangelo Kambitsis-Class of 2023
Andrea Hadjiloucas-Class of 2023
Stratos-Class of 2025
Giannis Xidias-Class of 2023
Leonidas Petrakis-Class of 2025
Chris Vlahos-Class of 2023
Giannis Xidias-Class of 2025
Anthony "Little Hirschman" Lorino-Class of 2027

St. George Basketball

St. George Basketball has been a tradition for decades. Players have donned the Purple and White (formerly Purple and Yellow until 2017) for decades. This era of St. George Basketball, considered the Chris Vlahos era (2018-2023), will be the best era of Basketball the team has seen ever. Led by Chris Vlahos, assisted by Demetri Zambas, Dimitri Hirschman, Demetri Kalogridis, and Jason Petinatos, this starting 5 will make a lasting impact for the future. The St. George basketball motto is "Strength in Numbers", and for good reason. The GOYA team has at least 14 players in 2020-2021, and the Junior Team will have at least 20 for the next season.

Senior Team

John Lyssikatos: Head Coach

Joe Hirschman: Assistant Coach

Demetri Zambas: PG

Demetri Kalogridis: G/F

Chris Vlahos: G/F

Dimitri "Hirschman" "Thunder" Hirschman: G

Evangelos Kambitsis: F

Andreas Hadjiloucas: F

Andreas Bizos: G

Jason Petinatos: C

Giannis Petrakis: F

Iacovos Georgiou: C

Julius Boridimos: G

Junior Team

Nick Kambitsis: Head Coach

Demo Hantsoulis: Assistant Coach

Evangelo E Kambitsis: G

Marko Hantsoulis: F/C

Stamatis Hantsoulis: G/F

Kostas Hantsoulis: G/F

George Kostis: G

Emmanuel Kostis: G

Evan Siskopoulos: F

Alexandros Kambitsis: G

Giannis Xidias: F/C

Stratos: F

Leonidas Petrakis: G/F

Edward Schneider: CF

Nikolaos Schneider: G/F

Anthony Lorino: G/F

Iosif Palavros: F/C

List of Modern St. George Coaches

Senior Coaches

Nick Hionis 2014-2015

Manoli Fiotakis (Assistant Coach) 2014-2015

John Lyssikatos: 2015-2016

Lambros Boridimos: 2016-2018

John Lyssikatos: 2018–present

Joe Hirschman (Assistant Coach) 2019–present

Junior Coaches

Antoni Fiotakis: 201?-2014

Manoli Fiotakis: 2014-2018

Nick Hionis (Assistant Coach) 2014-2015

Giannis Apostolakis (Assistant Coach) 2016-2018

Nick Kambitsis: 2018–present

Joe Hirschman (Assistant Coach) 2018-2019

Demo Hantsoulis (Assistant Coach) 2018–present

References

District information for Piscataway Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. 2004. ISBN 0-8135-3325-2. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2011-05-15. The largest of the Greek Orthodox congregations was Saint George of Piscataway. ...
"Greek festival season is underway: Get your gyro on in Paramus, Piscataway this weekend". New York Times. May 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15. John Lyssikatos has been chairman of the festival at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway for 13 years, and he says preparations for the May festival start in September. The boneless leg of lamb -- they go through 50 over the course of a weekend -- will be cooked fresh, of course, but baking the Greek sweets for this week's festival has been underway for a couple of months.

External links

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[NCES-2] District information for Piscataway Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.

[4] Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. 2004. ISBN 0-8135-3325-2. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2011-05-15. The largest of the Greek Orthodox congregations was Saint George of Piscataway. ...

[5] "Greek festival season is underway: Get your gyro on in Paramus, Piscataway this weekend". New York Times. May 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-15. John Lyssikatos has been chairman of the festival at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway for 13 years, and he says preparations for the May festival start in September. The boneless leg of lamb -- they go through 50 over the course of a weekend -- will be cooked fresh, of course, but baking the Greek sweets for this week's festival has been underway for a couple of months.