Black and white photograph of the back of the interior os SS Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church. The photo was taken from standing in the front right corner. Two and a half arches on the right side of the photograph are visible, where they come down in the middle to make one big arch look like two arches. The middl eof the big arch has a circle with a religious figure in it. There are candle-like lights on the inside of each pillar. Above the arches, there are windows that are rounded at the top. In between the windows, there is a painting of a religious figure. In the back of the church, there are three doors between the arches, with a big double door in the middle. Above each door, there is an exit sign. Atop of the middle double door, there is a religious figure in half of an arch. Above there smaller doors, there are half arches with an intersecting P and X (and the mirror image on the opposite side). Above these symbold, there are big rectangles with semi-circles on top with pictures of religious figures, presumably SS Constantine and Helen. There are two chandeliers in the middle of the church.

The Greek Orthodox Church is governed by a council of Bishops, called the Holy Synod. They are known for their tradition of iconography, and their use of the Divine Liturgy on Sundays.

Helen was the mother of Constantine. They are credited with placing Christianity at the heart of Western civilization. Helen is noted for her piety while Constantine was an Emperor in the Roman Empire when Christianity was becoming the dominant religion.

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