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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...

FAITH, an Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism, has issued a grant of $2.57 million towards St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

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...

Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of all the Greek Orthodox faithful in the Americas, officiated at a moving ceremony in front of the rebuilt St. Nicholas Shrine today, the nineteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. At...

  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...

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...

Despite a price tag that might exceed 81 million dollars and a turbulent background that involved accusations of financial mismanagement, "now the construction of Saint Nicholas Shrine is on the right track and the church - once finished -...

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....

The proceeds from the Enthronement luncheon for His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros will be used for the construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of...

The new Archbishop of America, Elpidophoros, who was enthroned in New York on Saturday, declared that it is his duty to rebuild St. Nicholas Church, which was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. "It is our...

The new Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidophoros gave his first press conference in New York on Friday, following his arrival to the United States on Thursday. During his press conference, Elpidophoros spoke about the new church of Saint Nicholas: ''The...

Construction on the Greek Orthodox church destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, was temporarily suspended on Tuesday, because of the inability to meet payment deadlines, and to answer questions on how donations have been used. The work on the St. Nicholas...

AHEPA has expressed its disappointment over the halt in the construction Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, at the World Trade Center. The largest and oldest grassroots association of American citizens of Greek heritage, calls on Archbishop Demetrios...

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...

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...