phase iv project

Phase IV status, photos & donations

Photos

Photos of iconography in the church

BECOMING WHAT WE BEHOLD

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After over a year of pandemic limitations, we would like to redirect our efforts to completing our Saint Nicholas Iconography Phase IV Program, the final phase.  Completing our iconography will allow us to proceed to the Consecration of our beloved Saint Nicholas Church.  To the glory of God, this completed and Baptized Holy Church of God will be the inheritance we leave to those who follow us.  Please act today!

Icons are very important to our worship. Mother Alexandra, an Orthodox nun converted to Orthodoxy, reminds us that, We sometimes refer to icons as doorways to heaven.  Often they are explaining things about God in ways that let us see and enter into the event…..We venerate (we do not worship) those in whom we see Christ’s light shining through….There is always light, and the light is coming from Christ, even in icons of the Saints alone the light of Christ is showing through their life.

The primary purpose of the icon is to aid in worship. Through lines and color the iconographer conveys the awesomeness of the invisible, divine reality.  Icons depict silence.  The icon invites the Christian to enter into contemplation, prayer and silence. (Timothy Ware 1979).

We have been blessed with the beautiful work of Themis Petrou of Athens, Greece in writing our iconography.  His icon writing is a contemporary yet traditional style, depicting figures in a more realistic fashion. Mr. Petrou’s iconography has appeal to future parishioners of our Saint Nicholas Family and longevity of artistic relevance to the worshiper. Through Mr. Petrous’ iconography, we as a church community have been uplifted in our Orthodox worship.  Visitors to our church find our icons both beautiful and moving.

Installing Iconography in an Orthodox Church happens only once in a lifetime.  We are blessed to have completed our beautiful Byzantine style church structure and now we are furnishing our church with Iconography. If we do not complete the church and its furnishings now, we will be leaving to our children and new members in the future, an incomplete and unconsecrated Temple to the Almighty God. We want to leave a worthy inheritance to our future generations. This will reflect our love and care for our Orthodox Faith and for their children. We must act now.  Let us resume our regular church attendance with a rededication to completing our Phase IV Iconography.