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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at World Trade Center Reopens
The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, reopened on Tuesday.
After twenty-two years, due to financial setbacks and construction delays, it was reopened to the...
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St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero Consecrated
Early on Monday morning, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, with the faithful and other members of the clergy present, consecrated the rebuilt St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, the only place of worship destroyed in 9/11.
After an extraordinarily...
Europe
Archbishop Elpidophoros Slams Russia’s Orthodox Church on Ukraine
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America slammed Russia's Orthodox Church for supporting the invasion of Ukraine, signaling out its head Patriarch Kirill in a speech delivered on Monday.
Speaking at an event at the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, Port Washington, New...
Culture
Archbishop Elpidophoros Deplores Turkey’s Conversion of Orthodox Church into Mosque
Elpidophoros, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, deplored Friday's decision by Turkish authorities to re-convert the Byzantine-era Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Savior in Chora back into a mosque.
The Archbishop wrote on Twitter: "After the tragic transgression with...
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Construction of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at WTC Site to Resume
The long-stalled construction of the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center is back on track, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.
The announcement followed a meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros of America....
USA
Chicago’s "Weeping Virgin Mary" Greek Orthodox Church Sold
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, where some faithful say “tears” are streaming down the face of an icon of the Virgin Mary, has been sold for $2.5 million, it was announced on Tuesday.
The congregation of Holy Trinity,...
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AHEPA Offers $1 Million to Rebuild Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
AHEPA donated $1 million to rebuild Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at World Trade Center.
Supreme President George E. Loucas, and Chairman of the Board Nicholas A. Karacostas, who also served as the chairman of AHEPA’s Capital...
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Archbishop Demetrios Resigns: End of an Era for the Greek Orthodox Church in America
The resignation on Saturday of Archbishop Demetrios brought to a close his twenty-year-long leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church in America.
He led a church of more than one and a half million Greek Orthodox Christians in the United States,...
USA
Chicago’s Historic Greek Orthodox Church Saved by Mystery Donation
A last-minute mystery donation of approximately $2 million has saved Holy Trinity, one of the Midwest’s oldest Greek Orthodox churches, from the auction block.
The donation came in on Friday, just hours before the church, in the Belmont Central neighborhood,...
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Greek Orthodox Church Condemns US Immigration Policy
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has condemned the controversial immigration policy of the Trump administration which has seen children of immigrants being separated from their families at the US-Mexico border.
“Children should not, under any circumstances, be punished for...
USA
Greek Orthodox Church Elects New Chicago Metropolitan
A senior Greek Orthodox clergyman with a specialization in public health, bioethics and inter-faith exchange has been unanimously chosen as Metropolitan of Chicago.
The Very Reverend Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides, born in Thessaloniki in 1978, was elected by the Holy and Sacred...
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Church Lost on 9/11 Rises Again (photos)
Just in time for the 16th anniversary of the World Trade Center Attacks on September 11, 2001, a formal lease and purchase agreement has been signed with the Port Authority for The Saint Nicholas National Shrine at the World...
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Greek Orthodox Church Launches ‘Operation Brown Bag’ and Feeds Thousands of Homeless in Salt Lake City
On Saturday the Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake launched a program known as "Operation Brown Bag" with the goal of feeding the homeless in the city.
Congregants from both the Holy Trinity Cathedral and Prophet Elias Church joined...
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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Got Its Cross Back
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine held a “topping out ceremony" this morning at its construction site at Greenwich and Liberty Streets in New York City. This traditional construction ceremony, marking the raising of the highest structural...
USA
100th Anniversary of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church Made With Steel Destined for Wrigley Field
In Joliet the parishioners of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church are celebrating the church's 100th anniversary.
The church offers services in both English and Greek on Sundays and is a gathering place for the third and fourth-generation descendants of its...