Greek restorer tends to church artifacts that 'live through centuries'
Since moving from Thessaloniki eight years ago, Gavrilakis, 44, and his colleagues have preserved icons, frescos and paintings in 25 Greek Orthodox churches in the city, he said.
Venizelos Gavrilakis, a senior restorer and conservator from Thessaloniki, Greece, works to clean and restore a 16th century Byzantine Christian icon at a Greek Orthodox church where he set up his laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey January 26, 2021(photo credit: REUTERS)ByREUTERS
