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Greek PM Visits Ground Zero, Saint Nicholas Church
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero and the Saint Nicholas Church on Thursday, accompanied by his spouse Mareva-Grabowski Mitsotaki.
The Premier, who is in New York for the 77th UN General Assembly meeting, noted...
Art
Mt. Athos Monks Decorate NYC’s St Nicholas Shrine
Two Greek Orthodox Monks from the isolated monastic community of Mt. Athos were sent to New York City to decorate the rebuilt St Nicholas Shrine, the only church to be demolished in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
After an...
Greece
St. Nicholas Shrine Illuminated on 20th Anniversary of 9/11
The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church--located just across the street from Ground Zero--was destroyed ruing the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Now, 20 years later, it has been rebuilt to include a shrine and memorial to the tragedy. The church...
Diaspora
Saint Nicholas Shrine To Be Illuminated for September 11
Saint Nicholas Shrine, the church that was built on the site of the only church that was demolished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will be illuminated on Friday night like a beacon of light going into...
Diaspora
Saint Nicholas Shrine Hits Record-Breaking $95 Million Fundraising Total
The Friends of Saint Nicholas announced on Monday that the total of the fundraising on behalf of the Shrine has reached $95 million.
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Saint Nicholas Shrine in NYC to be Clad in Same Marble as the Parthenon
St. Nicholas Shrine, at Ground Zero in Manhattan, will soon be clad in Pentelic marble like the Parthenon, atop the Acropolis in Athens.
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St. Nicholas Shrine Construction Progressing; New Donors Announced
In a message released to donors and other friends of St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero on Tuesday, Archbishop Elpidophoros announced that great strides have been made recently in the reconstruction of the church and the conceptualizing of its...
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Construction Set to Restart at Ground Zero’s St. Nicholas Shrine
In an event hosted by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and attended by Mayor Bill DeBlasio, Archbishop of America Elpidophoros and other notables on Monday, the governor announced the resumption of the reconstruction of the St. Nicholas Shrine at...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Updates US Faithful on Progress of St. Nicholas Shrine
Elpidophoros, the Archishop of America, informed the faithful in the monthly newsletter of New York City's St. Nicholas Shrine that, undaunted by last week's reconversion of the hallowed Hagia Sophia into a mosque, he will press on with the...
Canada
The Resurrection of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on ’60 Minutes’
A report showcasing the rebuilding of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine was aired on the esteemed CBS news magazine "60 Minutes" last Sunday, coinciding with Western Easter.
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley visited Greece for the interview...