More doors, marbles and wall

The works are continuing intensively, as we are reaching the final week, before the official opening.

The three carpenters from Cyprus are working hard fitting doors in their places.

Both outside as well as inside doors are being put in place.

The little Church Office has now its own door leading into the main Church.

The marble specialists are still working in the interior, producing some real pieces of art.

The Irish bricklayers are working outside, preparing the new front wall.

Sanctuary door

The wood-carved doors for our new Church have been made in Cyprus and brought over here a few days ago.

Now we have here three carpenters who actually came from Cyprus in order to put those doors in their place. It is a hard but valuable work, which is going to take a few days to complete.

The first door to be fitted in place is the external door that leads into the Sanctuary. This door will be used by the Priest as it is the nearest one to the Vicarage.

New wood-carved doors

Today we had a really full day, from early in the morning until late.

Paddy and Vassile were involved in preparing the steps for the Sanctuary.

Then a lorry came and brought wood-carved doors from Cyprus.

Although not a lot of pieces they were very heavy and we were less people than the other day, when the lorry brought the icon-screen from Thessaloniki.

So, it was quite a big job to unload the lorry and store the doors inside the new Church.

It was mainly young members of our Community who had help on this.

Nicos, Vassilis, Marios, Adrian and Dan, accompanied by Fr. Anastasios, as well as by some members of the older generation, had worked hard.

It is worth noting that all those people they helped on a voluntary basis.

Therefore we are really grateful to them for their valuable assistance.

In the evening Fr. Anastasios (behind the camera) and Mr. Pantelis Demosthenous, the President of our Community were invited to talk on the London Greek Radio about our sacred project.

Doors in our new Church

Our new Church building has now doors. Doors that they can close and even lock.

These are obviously temporary doors at the moment, but they were definitely needed for security and protection from the elements.

Thus, the Church gives now a sense of enclosure. Soon these doors will be replaced by the wood-carved and permanent ones, which are being at the moment prepared in Cyprus.

Woodcarvers from Cyprus

Today we received two specialists who came all the way from Cyprus.

They came to see our new Church and measure the doors, in order to prepare the woodcarved doors, to be fixed in our new place of worship.

They are Costas Kaouranis, woodcarver, and Andreas Michael, carpenter, both very experienced artists in this kind of work.