'The Friends of St. Nicholas' chairman Michael Psaros discussed the consecration and reopening of the church 21 years after it was destroyed in 9/11
MICHAEL PSAROS:
We consecrated the church on July the Fourth for a very important reason because the Saint Nicholas National Shrine celebrates the American values of religious freedom and stands as a defined symbol to the forces of religious intolerance around the world, and on that horrific day, when all of Ground Zero was destroyed, a small Greek Orthodox Church was destroyed along with it, and that destruction was caused by an act of religious fanaticism and hatred.
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