Four historic hand-carved angels have finally made their way back to the Old North Church in Boston, landing on their perch over the oldest American-built pipe organ once again.

Recently restored, nearly 300-year-old painted angels, at top right, adorn an arch at the historic Old North Church in the North End neighborhood, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Boston. Charles Krupa / AP ...

Recently restored, nearly 300-year-old painted angels adorn an arch at the historic Old North Church in the North End neighborhood, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Boston. – AP Photo/Charles Krupa ...

Old North Church is both an active congregation and one of the most high-profile tourist destinations in Boston. The craftsmen hope to reveal four of the original angels by April, 2025. Nancy Gonzales ...

The 2-foot tall angels first arrived at Old North Church through privateering, a form of legal piracy. The angels were made in present-day Belgium in the 1620s and were donated to the church by a ...

Conservator Corrine Long restores nearly 300-year-old painted angels on walls of Old North Church in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP) Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church ...

Recently restored, nearly 300-year-old painted angels, at top right, adorn an arch at the historic Old North Church on Dec. 20, 2024, in Boston. On a recent day, the church was mostly empty except ...

300-year-old angels were painted over at Old North Church. An effort is underway to restore them. Paint conservators are restoring 300-year-old murals of angels that have been hidden since 1912.

Restored centuries-old angels land in Boston’s Old North Church The church is throwing an angel-themed homecoming celebration for the Baroque statues. Admission is free if your name is Angela.

Conservator Corrine Long, of Dover, N.H., works to restore nearly 300-year-old painted angels on the walls of the Old North Church in Boston.

Recently restored, nearly 300-year-old painted angels, at top right, adorn an arch at the historic Old North Church in the North End neighborhood, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Boston. (AP) ...

By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, murals conservator Gianfranco Pocobene is working to uncover eight angels that were hidden under… ...