Shrine to replace church destroyed on 9/11 nears completion

by PETER SMITH | Associated Press

Thu, September 9th 2021, 11:27 AM UTC

Personal notes, prayers and names are written on the incomplete walls of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

The Rev. Alex Karloutso, vicar-general for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, center, talks with parishioner Katherine Ziewacz, left, and her husband Angelo Hatgistavrou, right, after services at the Formation of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Southhampton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Anthoula Katsimatides looks out over the East River from Astoria Park on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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Personal notes, prayers and names are written on the incomplete walls of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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