In October,the Holy Virgin Protection Russian Orthodox Church in Nyack,New York,reinstalled two gleaming cupolas after a five-month restoration project that involved nearly 270 square feet of gold leaf.The gold-domed church was built in the late 1950s and the cupolas were last gilded in 1976.Church council member John Paschenko,who led die project,had a special connection to the cupolas: His relative helped build them in the 1950s,and his grandmother applied gold leaf during the last restoration.
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