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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2003

ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS HOSTS LUNCHEON
FOR WTC SITE ARCHITECT DANIEL LIBESKIND

New  York,  NY	--  His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek
Orthodox  Church  in America, hosted a luncheon at the Archdiocese on March
19  for  Daniel  Libeskind,  the  architect who created the winning concept
design	for  the  rebuilding of the World Trade Center site.  Mr. Libeskind
was  joined  by  his  wife,  Nina,  and  by  Tara  Snow, Vice-President for
Community   Affairs  and  Government  Relations  for  the  Lower  Manhattan
Development  Corporation  (LMDC)  and  Andrew  Winters, Planning Design and
Development  for  the  LMDC.   Also participating were members of the joint
Archdiocesan/Saint  Nicholas  committee who are assisting the Archbishop in
the  planning  for the rebuilding of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
destroyed in the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

During	a  private  meeting  with  the	Archbishop  and  the  luncheon that
followed, discussion was held on various aspects of the rebuilding of Saint
Nicholas  in  conjunction  with  the plans for the World Trade Center site.
Mr.  Libeskind	is  being  hired  by the two agencies overseeing the entire
rebuilding  project,  the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the
LMDC,  to  guide  the  development of the master plan, including the design
guidelines  for  the  commercial  buildings  on the site.  A site for Saint
Nicholas  was included in the design created by Mr. Libeskind, an essential
feature  of  any  site design that has been requested by the Port Authority
and  the  LMDC	since the beginning of the planning process.  Both New York
Governor  George Pataki and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg have also reassured
Archbishop Demetrios that Saint Nicholas will be rebuilt on the World Trade
Center site.

Other  luncheon participants included Rev. Father John Romas, pastor of St.
Nicholas   Church,  Michael  Jaharis,  Vice-Chairman  of  the  Archdiocesan
Council,  John Pitsikalis, parish council president of St. Nicholas Church,
Emanuel  Demos,  Jerry	Dimitriou,  John Couloucoundis and Rev. Father Alex
Karloutsos.

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