Greek Orthodox rally to rebuild Ground Zero church
NEW YORK (RNS) With cries of "Rebuild now! Rebuild Now!" parishioners
and supporters of a Greek Orthodox church that was destroyed in the 9/11
attacks rallied at Ground Zero on Sunday (June 26) in hopes of resuming
negotiations to rebuild the church.
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey have been at odds for several years over the cost
and exact location of the rebuilt church.
"Shame on the Port Authority to take this long to rebuild our
church," Nicholas A. Karacostas, supreme president of the American
Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, a national Greek-American
group, at a rally that drew about 100 people to the site of the former
World Trade Center.
