Icon-painting preparations

Today we started the icon-painting preparations in our Church. The first part to be painted in the Holy Sanctuary.

The specialist icon-painter Mr. Theodoros Vogdanos came yesterday from Thessaloniki, bringing with him the icons he has painted on canvas for our Church.

At the moment we have preparations in the Holy Sanctuary, in order to get everything ready for the icon-painter and his two assistants to start their work on Monday 11^th May.

A scaffolding company is in our premises from early in the morning today, placing and securing the scaffolding in the right place within the Holy Sanctuary.

The Priest Fr. Anastasios, the Treasurer Mr. Soteris Constantinou and other members of the Church Committee overlooking the whole process and take care of all stages of the work.

Fr. George Zafeirakos, Dean of the All Saints Cathedral, Camden Town, also visited our Church in the morning to offer his support and prayers.

Bishop of Kyanea

Last night we had at our Church the Service of the 4^th Salutations to our Lady Virgin Mary.

Bishop Chrysostomos of Kyanea visited our Church and presided over the Holy Service.

The Bishop sung the Salutations and delivered an excellent sermon, where he emphasised the importance of honouring the Holy Theotokos.

It was nice to see, as we were waiting for the Bishop outside the Church, a double rainbow up in the sky. We felt particularly blessed!