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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...

Patriarch Bartholomew Meets President Biden at the Oval Office

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met President Biden at the White House on Monday in a meeting described as "warm and cordial." The focus of their discussion was climate change. The Ecumenical Patriarch noted that the need for political leaders to respond...

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...

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...

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...

Ceremony at St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero Commemorates 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

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...

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...

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...