Recipients of the Patriarch Athenagoras Medal
The National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians awards the Patriarch Athenagoras Medal to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to church music in their Metropolises. Each Metropolis Church Music Federation selects its own recipients for this national award. Below are the recipients from the Eastern Federation.
1997 †Dennis Spyros - St. John The Theologion, Tenafly, NJ
1998 Fotini Nichols - Annunciation, Baltimore, MD
1999 E. Hope Demitry - St. George, Trenton, NJ
2000 Nicholas Kyrus - St. Katherine, Falls Church, VA
2001 †Maria Keritsis - SS. Constantine and Helen, Richmond, VA
2002 Christopher Kypros - Annunciation, Norfolk, VA
2003 Rev. Fr. Nicholas Bacalis - SS. Constantine and Helen, Richmond, VA and Katina Kehayas - St. George, Piscataway, NJ
2004 Kathryn Athanasoulas - Holy Trinity, Westfield, NJ and †Christos Jacavides - Annunciation, Norfolk, VA
2005 †Katherine Mathes Panagos - St. George, Bethesda, MD
2006 Susan Karcanes - Holy Trinity, Westfield, NJ and Ann Sophocleus - Annunciation, Baltimore, MD
2007 Gus Letras - Annunciation, Baltimore, MD and Drucie Papafil - Annunciation, Norfolk, VA
2008 Sondra Awad - SS. Constantine and Helen, Richmond, VA
2009 Diane Tseckares - Annunciation, Baltimore, MD
2010 Paul Petro Mavromihalis - St. George, Bethesda, MD
2011 †Patricia Roupas Sotos - SS. Constantine and Helen, Richmond, VA
2012 Renée Skrevanos Root - SS. Constantine and Helen, Newport News, VA
2013 Adam Birnbaum - St. Katherine, Falls Church, VA and †Louis Martin - Holy Trinity, Westfield, NJ
2014 Virginia Botsis - St. Luke, Broomall, PA
2015 Katherine Anas Birnbaum - St. Katherine, Falls Church, VA
2016 †Marie Devino - Kimisis Tis Theotokou, Holmdel, NJ
2017 Miriam Kotsonis - Holy Trinity, Westfield, NJ
2018 Pamela A. Sande - St. Luke, Broomall, PA
2021 Alexa Kantsios Garrison - SS. Constantine and Helen, Newport News, VA
2022 Barbara Mitchell Bambacus - SS. Constantine and Helen, Richmond, VA