Undoubtably the major incident from Diaspora was the reopening of Saint Nicholas in Ground Zero and the event of ΘΥΡΑΝΟΙΞΙΑ/ Door-Opening Service in the church.
One of the key factors about the Door opening was Lou Katsos, who helped with the cross which was put in the top of St. Nicholas. In addition to that Mr. Katsos discussed with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew about the regular opening of the church in Easter and via Facebook stated that he was vrey happy about what took place in Ground Zero.
"The Raising of the Cross and the ΘΥΡΑΝΟΙΞΙΑ/ Door-Opening Service at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
It was a busy day for me before the event to discuss the construction and what had to be done to get ready for Easter at St. Nicholas and after with Santiago Calatrava and others to go over his thoughts relating to the lighting design within the Church. It was a wonderful day with the raising of the Cross and the ΘΥΡΑΝΟΙΞΙΑ/ Door-Opening Service with his All-Holiness and I was thrilled to be a part of it. I love that the Cross was landing at the top of the St. Nicholas Dome on Pantelic Marble from the same vein as the Parthenon as the rest of the building."
