St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church — Attraction in Fort Lauderdale

(This happened to me Saturday afternoon. I posted soon after on yelp&fb.)

I just walked into this CHURCH in need of a restroom. Evidently not durring service since 10-20 people and kids moving around(the edges inside and entrance). I meander politely and silently looking where restrooms would normally be. So, a big tall burley guy starts walking towards me from one of the little groups of people and asks if he can help me, i jusk smiling and quietly/politely state i am looking for the restroom... to which he twitches and says "This is private property, you gotta go somewhere else" and turns around to slowly walk away. Naturally, immediately, as i walk toward&past him, i say "God bless you." He followed me to the front door i suppose because after i got in my car to drive elsewhere and past the front of this CHURCH, he was standing in the door and flicked me off. I wish i was wearing a camera.

(Full disclosure, when i saw him flicking me off as i drove away, i made sure he saw the hugest thumbs up gesture i could muster, and only the thumb)

I'm still basically a Christian, it's been an interesting...

Not community oriented, their property is an eyesore to the community and their Greek feast disrupts the residents of the neighborhood. During service and on special events they rudely park on the few public easements made for pedestrians. The parking lots look more like a bomb went off in a third...

The Greek festival 🎎 is awesome. As are most of the Greek Orthodox church festivals around the US. I've been to many in California and other places. They're usually held in early February weekend. If you don't live here in Florida, check you local Greek Orthodox church calender, in your part of...