Faith - Southpoint Access

SoDu We Photo Galleries

[Gallery] St. Barbara Greek Festival 2026

Greek cuisine, iconography tours, and lively dancers provided an entertaining weekend in South Durham.

Development

Durham Habitat, Church Partner for Affordable Housing

Habitat for Humanity of Durham and Mount Vernon Baptist Church will begin construction on a new neighborhood of 10 affordable homes in Durham’s Southside. The homes will be built on a 2.5-acre plot recently purchased from the church in the historically significant Hayti district. The kickoff event is

Dining

[Gallery] St. Barbara Greek Festival 2024

St. Barbara Greek Orthodox hosted its annual festival May 18-19, with a menu featuring gyros, pastitsio, baklava sundaes, and moussaka. Tours of the iconography in the sanctuary proved quite popular, as did performances by the church’s young folk dancers. Southpoint Access is a free community news website run as

Faith

Can Grassroots Movement Boost Mental Health Funding?

North Carolinians struggling with mental health issues also are battling a lack of resources due to poor – or absent – funding to tackle these conditions. The Faith Health Caucus of the North Carolina Medicare for All Coalition wants to develop remedies for this problem by organizing the faith community to find

Faith

Rain or Shine, Durham's Greek Festival Awaits Your Appetite

It’s time again for Durham’s annual Greek Festival at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church! The food, arts and crafts, vendors, and the dancers are all non-denominational at this event, which runs from 11 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 11 to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Everyone

Faith

[SoDu We Gallery] St. Barbara Ministry Fair 2024

On Feb. 4, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church held a ministry fair to introduce parishioners to opportunities for involvement in the church community, including youth activities, choir, Greek language school, dance, the AHEPA men’s organization, and the women’s charitable Philoptochos group. Photos by Wes Platt.