Nave

Upon entering the Nave we gather in the area where the congregation participates in the services. The arched ceiling is symbolic of the truth that God is eternal. In churches following the Gothic design there is an attempt to reach toward heaven, while the vaulted ceiling in a Byzantine church serves to bring a little of heaven down to earth. The design, as well as, the traditional adornment of the interior of our church is based on this concept. The design of our church follows early Christian tradition, and is patterned after a more or less typical village church in Greece.

The Holy Altar

Separating the Holy Altar from the Nave is the Iconostas (Icon Screen) which symbolizes the curtain in the Temple in Jerusalem that separated the people fromthe Holy of Holies. Our Iconostas was hand-carved in Greece. The icons shown here exist to show our unity with Christ, His Mother, the Angels, and Saints.

There is a traditional order to the placement of the icons that adorn the Iconostas. Facing the Holy Altar, to the right of the Royal Entrance (the Royal Gates close off that area), is the icon of Christ and next to it, that of St. John the Baptist. To the left of the Royal Entrance is the icon of the Holy Mother of God (Theotokos) holding the Christ Child and next to it the icon to which our parish is dedicated, All Saints. It is the practice that this icon may vary from one Orthodox Church to another depending on the Saint