By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Paul Stavropoulos, 85, of Tarpon Springs, center, sits with Samuell Tsoutsanis of Tarpon Springs, left, and Kostantinos Kirtsopoulos of Port Richey during choir practice Thursday at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
TARPON SPRINGS — Paul Stavropoulos was 10 years old when he first joined the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral choir in 1935.
At the time, the church was a wooden structure and Stavropoulos lived at 202 Hibiscus Street, just a block down from the Pinellas Avenue church.
As the 105th Epiphany Celebration gets under way this week in Tarpon Springs, Stavropoulos, 85, will be where he's been for most of his life: singing in the choir during Thursday morning's Epiphany service at the church.
"I just enjoy singing in the choir," Stavropoulos said while sitting at his kitchen table in his Gulf Road home. "I love my faith ...