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St. Demetrios looks better all the time
The altar -- which is elevated a few steps above the pews -- symbolizes the heavenly sanctuary. The icon screen was moved from their old building in Waukegan. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
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Updated: June 7, 2012 2:18PM
In 2008, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church moved from Waukegan to a newly constructed building in Libertyville.
Since then, members of the congregation have been contributing to a fund to add to the number of icons on the walls. They plan to bring iconographers from Greece to cover the insde of the dome with religious paintings.
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