University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives
 

Oral History Register
for
Greek and Russian Orthodox Oral History Collection

Margaret Koutris

Title

Margaret Koutris Oral History
Creator Interviewer: Daniel Osborne

Subject
LCSH

Koutris, Margaret
Osborne, Daniel
Greek Orthodox Church  -- History
Greek Orthodoxy -- traditions
Greek Orthodoxy -- Asheville, NC
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword

Hold Trinity Greek Orthodox Church; Greek language; 

Description

Margaret Koutris is a member of the Greek Orthodox community of Asheville, North Carolina.  She discusses her family history, church life, growing up Baptist and converting to Greek Orthodox, raising children in the  religion, and the future of the Greek Orthodox community. 
 

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
 

Date

2009-03-10

Type

Sound; text

Format

2 Audio cassette tapes, 8 page Abstract

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/GRO/koutris_margaret.html

Source

OH-Greek & Russian Orthodoxy Oral History Collections-Koutris

Language

English

Relation

Greek
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/greek_russian_orthodox_asheville/
greek_orthodox_holy_trinity_church/default_greek_orthodox.htm
Russian
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/
greek_russian_orthodox_asheville/russian_orthodox/default_russian_orthodox.htm

Coverage

1945-2008; Asheville, NC.
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 342 ;  Date of acquisition: May 2008

Processed By

Special Collections staff

Interview Date

2008-04-17
Interview Location Unknown

Biography

Margaret Koutris was born in 1945 in Waynesville, NC.  She was the daughter of a southern Baptist minister. and  converted to the Greek Orthodox faith in 1966 upon her marriage to Constantine Koutris.  Margaret and her husband were the owners of the former Burger Land.  She continues to attend Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Asheville, NC. 

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