On Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, the St. Nicholas National Shrine and Greek Orthodox Church will be holding an interfaith prayer service to commemorate the anniversary. Archbishop Ronald Hicks will join the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, and other New York faith leaders to remember those who died on the day and in the aftermath.

The proistamenos, or administrative head, of the shrine, Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas, sat down with The Good Newsroom to discuss the Sept. 11 tragedy on its 25^th anniversary and how the nearby shrine fosters those still grieving