Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Greek Orthodox Church Requests To Rebuild Destroyed Church Beside The 9/11 Site Denied

Shown here is the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church near the World Trade Center, before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Photo from Sheila Reports

Decision Not To Rebuild Church Destroyed On 9/11 Surprises Greek Orthodox Leaders -- FOX News

Greek Orthodox leaders trying to rebuild the only church destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks expressed shock this week after learning, via Fox News, that government officials had killed a deal to relocate the church.

The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, once a tiny, four-story building in the shadows of lower Manhattan, was destroyed in 2001 by one of the falling World Trade Center towers. Nobody from the church was hurt in the attack, but the congregation has, for the past eight years, been trying to rebuild its house of worship.

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More News On The Greek Orthodox Church Being denied Permission To Rebuild On 9/11

What About the Ground Zero Church? Archdiocese Says Officials Abandoned Project -- FOX News
Archdiocese urges New York authorities to rebuild destroyed 9/11 church -- Truth Dive
The 9/11 Orthodox Church -- First Thoughts
Rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Destroyed on 9/11, Stymied by Bureaucrats -- Associated Content
Stalled religious site in NYC -- Sheila Reports

My Comment: FOX News is only major network reporting on this story, but I expect it to go viral in the next few hours.

My take .... double standard .... what double standard.

2 comments:

Mark said...

hmm not viral as of now :))

WNU Editor said...

yup .... no one else wants to touch this story .... for now.