[ALBSA-Info] An Albanian Master Craft

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WELCOME: When our St. George parish, established in 1908,
bought their church on Emerald Street in 1922, the Albanian
woodworker Dhimitri Pelteku applied his skills as 
a sculptor to create the magnificent Iconostasis which
adorns our altar even today. Such craftmanship is a noted feature in
Albania and examples may be found in Korce, Berat, Ardenica, Permet and
Voskopoja.
As our own Boston creation is a masterpiece of
Albanian Orthodox ecclesiastical art, everyone began
to call the artist "Master Dhimiter." Today, we are
pleased to welcome his son and his wife from Albania,
Mr and Mrs.Vangjel Pelteku and the "Master's" grandsons, Dhimitri
and Niko. We Wish them a blessed visit in Worcester
and Boston.

MIRESARDHET:  Ne vitin 1922,  kur Kisha e Shen
Gjergjit bleu ndertesen ne Emerald Street, Zdrukthtari
i mirenjojhur Z. Dhimiter Pelteku perpunoj ikonostasin
ne Altarin e kishes se re. Mjeshterine e tij si
skulptor ai e paraqiti ne nje veper kishtare te
mjekullueshme qe ne e ruajme edhe sot, sipas tradites
Orthodokse bizantine ne Shqiperi. Te gjithe e quanin
Zotin Pelteku me emrin e nderit:
"Usta Dhimiter." Sot kemi nderin te mirepresim djalin
e tij me nusen, Zoti dhe Zonja Vangjel Pelteku, me
djemte e tyre Dhimitri dhe Niko Pelteku. Urojme te
kene nje udhetim te mbare ne Uster e ne tere Bostonin. 
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