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Our first picture in our
new church...Looks
pretty plain!
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This is how church
looked with our first
Iconostas, which lasted
us almost 11 years!
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Opening celebration
with all three of our
sister churches.
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Metropolitan
Damiskinos' first visit to
our new church.
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We're getting there!
The beautiful
Iconostas was being
built right on our new
marble stage!
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Here is Fr. Mircea
working hard.
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Here's Fr. Mircea's
brother John...he's a
very tall man!
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Now you can actually
see Fr Mircea and his
beautiful hand carved
work.
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Fr. Giris speaks
Arabic, Hebrew and
English and Fr. Mircea
speaks Romanian and
a little French???
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Here's Nabeel, you can
basically call him our
Project Manager...
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I guess the smiles
speek for themselves!
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Straight from bed to
the Church.
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This portion of the
stairs took a long time
to build and tile!
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Here are 6 out of 12
icons which will be
placed on the Church
Iconostas, the other 6
will be finished soon!
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We so far have Christ,
St. John the Baptist,
Arch Angel Michael,
Arch Angel Gabriel,
the Virgin Mary and St.
James of Jerusalem.
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The finished
product...actually 80%
done!
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The Virgin Mary, St.
James and Arch Angel
Gabriel.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ,
St. John the Baptist
and Arch Angel Michael
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Beautiful detail
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The symbol of the
Byzantine Empire
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From the balcony!
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One last picture!
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Fr. Giris happier then
ever!
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More beautiful icons by
Fr. Luke Dingman.
(St. George)
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St. John Maximovitvh
the Wonderworker.
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From right to left...
The Virgin Mary, St.
James, St. Stephan,
St. Cheralumbos, St.
Barbara and Arch
Angel Gabriel.
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From left to Right...
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
St. John the Baptist,
St. Ramonas, St.
George, St John
Maximovitch and Arch
Angel Michael.
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Now about 90%
complete and very
beautiful.
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