Memorial Service on the 20th Anniversary of September Eleventh

We have gathered tonight, on this eve of September Eleventh, to pay our deepest respects and condolences to the families and friends of those who perished on that fateful day, twenty years ago. Children have grown up without parents, siblings are yet bereaved, and parents have passed on to life eternal, still gripped by the loss of sons and daughters. Read More

Saint Nicholas National Shrine Lights Up In Blue

On September 11, 2021, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine participated in the commemorations of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with blue lights, joining all of the other buildings and memorials at the World Trade Center Site in New York. Read More

Saint Nicholas National Shrine Lighting

20th Anniversary Remembrance of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks Remembered with The Saint Nicholas National Shrine at The World Trade Center. Read More

Remarks at the September 11th Memorial and Lighting

We have gathered tonight, on this eve of September Eleventh, to pay our deepest respects and condolences to the families and friends of those who perished on that fateful day, twenty years ago. Children have grown up without parents, siblings are yet bereaved, and parents have passed on to life eternal, still gripped by the loss of sons and daughters. Read More

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine - August 2021 Monthly Update

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Saint Nicholas at Ground Zero - A Shrine for the Nation

When we speak of our rebuilt Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero as a National Shrine, we mean more than an institution only of, and only for, our national Archdiocese of America. Read More

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine Holy Altar Takes Shape

The Holy Altar of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center has begun to take shape. Follow the progress at www.StNicholasWTC.org Read More

Saint Nicholas National Shrine Tops $95M in Fundraising, With an Additional $55M Since January 2020

New York, NY – June 2, 2021 – Yesterday, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with The Friends of St. Nicholas, the non-profit organization formed to complete the construction of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. At the meeting, it was revealed that recent vigorous donation activity has brought the total of the fundraising on behalf of the Shrine to $95 million. Funding has accelerated over the past year, with $55 million raised since January 2020 and $8.5 million in the past two months alone. Twenty-five of those recent donors each contributed $100,000. Read More

Hero of Saint Nicholas - May 2021 Recipient Anthoula Katsimatides

Anthoula Katsimatides is a remarkable human being. And that’s just the start. Her life, and the life of her family was forever changed on September 11, 2001, when her brother, John Katsimatides, was one of the lives lost on that fateful and tragic day. Read More