We are grateful to our esteemed Governor and precious friend Andrew Cuomo for bringing to reality the dream we have nourished for ten long years. St. Nicholas Church, rising again with the help of God at Ground Zero – where it stood spiritually important for 85 years, is an affirmation of the significance of religious freedom and experience for all New Yorkers and all Americans.
— Archbishop Demetrios, the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, on the agreement to rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed when the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11th, 2001.