Inside the World Trade Center’s St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Zoe Rosenberg

Source: Curbed

September 11, 2017

    

The unassuming white townhouse at 155 Cedar Street that was once home to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was destroyed on September 11, 2001, when the south tower fell. The loss of that building created a spiritual void in the new World Trade Center campus, which will soon be filled by the impressive new $50 million monument to the Greek Orthodox church that’s now rising.

Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, St. Nicholas will formally be known as the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center.

But the building won’t only serve as a church. “It will have a much broader calling than a normal parish," says Andrew Veniopoulos, the project coordinator for St. Nicholas for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, who took Curbed on a recent tour of the construction site.

...Read the rest at Curbed.

Zoe Rosenberg

9/12/2017

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For members of the Greek Orthodox faith, the devastating losses of that day were compounded by the annihilation of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. The historic house of worship stood across the street from the World Trade Center and was crushed when the center's south tower collapsed. It was the only building not part of the World Trade Center complex to be destroyed in the attacks that day. Rebuilding St. Nicholas into an American Pantheon Rebuilding St. Nicholas into an American Pantheon
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Rev. John Romas, pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Lower Manhattan for 30 years, died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 24, 2016. Had he not died of cancer, he would have died today of a heart attack, seeing his beloved church eclipsed by the erection of the new St. Nicholas, a glitzy new edifice, bearing no resemblance to his humble church, except for the name. Ground Zero’s Priest, Fr. John Romas Passes Away at 86 Ground Zero’s Priest, Fr. John Romas Passes Away at 86 Ground Zero’s Priest, Fr. John Romas Passes Away at 86 Ground Zero’s Priest, Fr. John Romas Passes Away at 86
Rev. John D. Romas, who experienced the complete and total destruction of his home parish of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York City passed away on January 24th and was buried at a special service celebrated by Archbishop Demetrios, head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Comments
Isidora9/17/2017 1:36 pm
They are right that it is not an Orthodox Church, it's an abomination.
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