The opening of St. Nicholas was one of the highlights of the twelve-day official visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States
Greece acquired a “national shrine”, a “house” in the heart of New York after the opening of the church of St. Nicholas at Point Zero yesterday.
The building that housed the old temple which was the only place of worship which was lost under the ruins of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was built in the late 19th century and it had gone through many uses until it was bought by Greek of New York and converted into a Orthodox church.
Most of all, however, it was a meeting place, contact of the expatriates, their first stop in the US.