Celebrating a winning tradition of sportsmanship and camaraderie, the cathedral’s basketball program is open to all students of the Sunday school program. With practices once a week and nearly 6 tournaments open to participation annually, the basketball program offers children the opportunity to develop their athletic skills in a fun team environment. Open to children ages 12-18. All skill levels are welcome.
2021-2022 Tournaments and Activities
September 13, 2021: First Basketball Practice
September 26, 2021: First day of Sunday School
September 26, 2021: Welcome Back to Sunday School Picnic
October 2021: Annual Hay Ride at Butler’s Orchard (TBA)
October 30-31, 2021: Saint Sophia Cathedral (Washington, DC)
November 13-14, 2021: Annunciation Cathedral (Norfolk, VA) (TBA)
November 2021: St. Katherine’s (Falls Church, MD) (TBA)
November 2021: Annunciation (Baltimore, MD) (TBA)
December 2021: Christmas Retreat at Saint Sophia with Saint Constantine & Helen (TBA)
January 2022: Vasilopita Cutting (TBA)
January 2022: Ice Skating with Little Angels and JOY (TBA)
January 2022: Saints Constantine & Helen (Richmond, VA) (TBA)
January 2022: Kimisis (Brooklyn, NY) (TBA)
February 19-20, 2022: Wilmington, DE
March 2022: St. George (Bethesda, MD) (TBA)
March 2022: GOYA Fundraiser/Charity
April 2022: Saturday of Lazarus – Family Communion
April 16, 2022: Set-up and cooking for Plaki Luncheon in FJ Hall (TBA)
April 17, 2022: Plaki Luncheon in FJ Hall (TBA)
April 24, 2022: Easter
April 30-31, 2022: Annunciation (Baltimore, MD)
May 8, 2022: Last Day of Sunday School, Mother’s Day & Cathedral Nameday celebration
May 13-15, 2022: Saint Sophia Annual Greek Festival
June 2022: GOYA Basketball End of Year Celebration
Considerations
- All Basketball tournaments have a dance on the Saturday evening of the tournament weekend. All GOYAN are welcome to attend the dances whether they play basketball or not.
- All teenagers are welcome and encouraged to help run our basketball tournaments.
FIRST DAY OF SUNDAY SCHOOL IS ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
(All classes will resume Sunday, September 26th with in-person instruction).
DIVINE LITURGY will begin at 10:00 AM; All students are asked to participate in the Liturgy with their families and then proceed to their classes AFTER Holy Communion.
2021-2022 Saint Sophia Cathedral
Sunday School Registration
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2021-2022 Saint Sophia Cathedral
Sunday School GOYA Membership Application
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2021-2022 Saint Sophia Cathedral
GOYA Health and Emergency Form
Our Coaches
Boy’s Head Coach: George Wallace (governorgw@gmail.com)
Boy’s Assistant Coach: Evan Gaginis (eganginis@yahoo.com)
Boy’s Assistant Coach: Christian Sbily
Girl’s Head Coach: Lia Psillos (lpsillos303@gmail.com)
Girl’s Coach: Maria George (Mgeorge430@gmail.com)
Girl’s Coach: Michael Polchert (mpolchert@gmail.com)
Youth Director
Effie Frankowski, Sunday School Youth Director
Advisor
Stephanie Stratos
GOYA E-MAIL: saintsophiagoya@gmail.com
Practice (TBA)
Walt Whitman High School, Mondays 7:30-9:00pm
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Directions
- From I-495 (the Capital Beltway), take exit 39 (River Road/MD-190).
- Bear right at the end of the ramp to merge onto River Road/MD-190 East to Washington.
- Make a left onto Whittier Boulevard (the 5th traffic light).
- Whitman is a 1/4 mile on the left.
Registering for the Basketball Team
To register for the Cathedral’s basketball team, all children must be registered in the Sunday School program first. Please see the Sunday School program for more details. To sign up for the basketball team, please complete basketball registration forms OR CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE.
Sunday School Resources
Link to our classroom’s resources on the Saint Sophia website: https://www.
