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ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH

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NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:
October 18, 2001
Contact: Nikki Stephanopoulos

                  AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE DONATES $10,000
                TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION OF ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH

New York, NY ? His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek
Orthodox Church in America, welcomed a delegation of the American Jewish
Committee to the Archdiocese on Tuesday, October 16th.

In a gesture of support and concern for the destruction of St. Nicholas
Church, which was destroyed in the September 11th terror attack, Martin
Kaplan, Chair of the AJC Commission on Interreligious Affairs, delivered to
Archbishop Demetrios a donation of $10,000 from AJC relief funds. "We are
proud", he said," to join with the Greek Orthodox Community in rebuilding
St. Nicholas Church."

In accepting the donation, Archbishop Demetrios said, "This gesture is a
treasure, a movement of the heart."

The American Jewish Committee has a long-standing relationship with the
Greek Orthodox Church and has long spearheaded the Jewish voice in
relationships with other faith groups.