St Barnabas Greek Orthodox Church, Wood Green

St Barnabas is a Greek Orthodox church in Wood Green. The building opened as a Baptist chapel in 1876, was used by the Catholic Apostolic Church from 1904, and has been home to the Greek Orthodox community of St Barnabas since the 1960s.

Inside, it is a bright, simple church: white walls, tall arched windows with small square panes, rows of wooden pews and a dark timber roof. At the front a carved and gilded wooden icon screen holds two rows of painted saints under crystal chandeliers, and for a christening the copper font stands just before it, so the whole service happens against the icons.

I've photographed christenings here since 2013. Flash is almost always allowed in Greek Orthodox churches, so I can photograph the whole service.

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