Painter's 8-year effort at Dallas Orthodox church nearly done

By ROY APPLETON
The Dallas Morning News

Stroke by steady stroke, Vladimir Grigorenko spreads a subtle green near two sandaled feet. "This is the prophet Zechariah," he says, looking up at the robed and bearded likeness on the wall.

"That's Hosea, and that's Jonah," he continues, motioning toward his other creations inside the cupola at St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral.

Standing on a metal scaffold, light streaming through window panes of beaded glass, he checks his work with a straightedge – "It's better to be precise" – and brushes on. the rest

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