Students and teachers commemorated the victims of 9/11/2001

Students, teachers and principals of day and evening schools in the New York metropolitan area, as well as the Hellenic Classical Charter Schools of Brooklyn and Staten Island and the Odyssey Charter School of Wilmington Delaware on a sunny Thursday morning , October 3, 2024 gathered at the historic St. Nicholas Church in New York's World Trade Center to pay tribute to the heroes and victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

The events of honor and memory were organized by the Department of Education of the Holy Archdiocese of America and the Federation of Hellenic Educators of America and were highly instructive, because the majority of those present did not have personal experiences of the tragedy experienced by New York and, by extension, America. day of September 11, 2001.

On the left side of the soleus were placed distorted sacred objects recovered from the ruins of the historic church of Agios Nikolaos, which piqued the students' interest.
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The Deputy Director of Education of the Holy Archdiocese, Fr. Grigorios Stamkopoulos, the priestly head of the church, Fr. Andreas Vythoulkas and the priestly head of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Fr. Chrysostomos Gilbert held a trisagion for the fallen.

The coordination of the event was undertaken by the president of the American Federation of Greek Educators, Ms. Stella Kokoli, who referred to the heroes and victims of the terrorist attack, making special mention of the more than fifty diaspora members who breathed their last in the wreckage of what was once Gemini Tower.

Greetings were addressed by the new Consul of Greece in New York, Petros Dorizas, the deputy education coordinator at the Consulate General of Greece, Dr. Dimitra Patronidou and the director of the Department of Education of the Holy Archdiocese, Dr. Anastasios Koularmanis.

Dr. Ingrid Martin-Lewis, Advisor to the Mayor of New York, who was the keynote speaker, conveyed the heartfelt greetings of Mr. Eric Adams and focused her attention on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers that plunged New York into grief and by extension, America and literally changed the world radically.

The speaker also referred to her recent visit to Greece and the unique experiences she experienced.

Immediately after, the students and teachers went to the site of the sacrifice of our three thousand fellow citizens and laid wreaths in the specially designed area next to the monuments that were created at the foundations of the Twin Towers.