St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and Shrine, on the other hand, represents strength, resilience, and light. “Architecture can have an intrinsic symbolic value, which is not written or ...

MIDDLETOWN — As a young boy in Greece, Nick Ververis spent his summer days peeking through the stained-glassed windows watching painters meticulously creating icons. Over time, Ververis, then 12 ...

Additional details explain the statue commemorating the original church or the building’s architecture ... stepped foot in the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church may recall the table where ...

Holy Trinity “stands out in the cityscape, with its Byzantine architecture,” writes George Karahalios, the parish president of the Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake, “...as a symbol ...

For nearly half a century, the Panegyri Greek Festival ... you hear often in the Orthodox church is to “create heaven on earth,” whether it be in the liturgy, the architecture or, as in ...

SANDY — Archbishop Elpidophoros of America blessed parishioners in Sandy as he led the opening of the doors, or Service of Thyranoixia, at a new Greek Orthodox Church. He told the hundreds of ...

Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church on Grand Avenue. From 1959 to 1981, Ververis painted eight icons, two large angels and a portrait of Virgin Mary above and behind the altar.