St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine

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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine is a rebuilt Greek Orthodox church and national shrine in Lower Manhattan that serves as both a place of worship and a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek Orthodox church
memorial
national shrine
architect Santiago Calatrava
architecturalStyle contemporary Byzantine-inspired
associatedWithCity New York City NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent September 11 attacks
buildingType church
shrine
cityBorough Manhattan
commemorates lives lost on September 11, 2001
country United States
dedicatedTo victims of the September 11 attacks
denomination Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
designedToEvokes Hagia Sophia
function interfaith memorial space
liturgical services
pilgrimage site
governingBody Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
hasAltarOrientation east
hasDome yes
hasPrimaryUse Eastern Orthodox Christian worship
hasStatus national shrine of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
hasSymbolism hope and peace
resilience after 9/11
jurisdiction Archdiocesan District of New York
languageOfLiturgy English
Greek
locatedIn Lower Manhattan
New York
New York City
United States
locatedNear National September 11 Memorial & Museum
World Trade Center site
memorialType religious memorial
namedAfter Saint Nicholas
neighborhood Financial District
originalDestroyedInEvent September 11 attacks
originalDestroyedOn 2001-09-11
partOf World Trade Center complex NERFINISHED
patronSaint Saint Nicholas
publicAccess yes
rebuiltAfter September 11 attacks
religiousAffiliation Greek Orthodox
replaces original St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
servesAs memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks
place of worship

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
World Trade Center (reconstructed complex)
hasPart
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine ("national shrine of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America")
hasStatus
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine ("original St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church")
replaces

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