| Item Description: | "When the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America responded tot he tragic and horrific terrorist attacks of 9/11, it was always with the intention of rebuilding the little Saint Nicholas Church, which was destroyed by the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center. More than twenty years had to pass in order for Saint Nicholas to be resurrected as a National Shrine....Today, situated in Liberty Park directly above the Memorial Pools, the Saint Nicholas National Shrine stands as the shining city on the hill.... The iconographic program thoroughly presented in the pages that follow by Bishop Joachim of Amissos, as well as the architectural piece by the renowned Santiago Calatrava, describe in marvelous detail this beauty that has arisen like the mythical phoeni from the ashes of September 11."--Page x. |
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