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Eikona Preforms Concert at
St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Elmhurst

Three Sister Ensemble Event a Fundraiser for
St Nicholas National Shrine in New York City

Elmhurst, IL: Eikona, a three sister ensemble, held a fundraiser concert tonight hosted by St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Elmhurst, Illinois. Over 140 attended the event with proceeds from the fundraiser going to St Nicholas National Shrine in New York City, New York.

Eikona, whom have childhood ties to Chicago, consists of sisters Presvytera Stacey Dorrance, Presvytera Marika Brown, and Chrysanthy Therianos. The groups mission is to inspire more people to express their Faith through the magnificent hymns of our church. For 23 years since formerly establishing themselves as Eikona, the sisters have released 10 CDs, with hymns in Greek and English, releasing one every few years. Over the years, they have performed in over a dozen states, giving concerts, workshops and directing various choirs. This year in November they will be assisting at the Church Music Conference in Southampton, NY.

St Nicholas National Shrine in New York City, New York, is currently under construction. Directly across the street from the National 9/11 Twin Towers Memorial in Downtown Manhattan, the National Shrine will stand in memory of the former St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church which was destroyed on 9/11 by the collapse of it’s gigantic neighbor – the former South Tower of the Twin Towers.

The only church destroyed by the events of 9/11, some of the last witnesses to view St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church reported the landing gear of one of the planes that struck the Twin Towers was on the roof of the church before the Twin Towers collapsed. Many if the Holy Relics within the church would never be recovered, including the relics of St Nicholas, St Catherine, and St Sabbas the Sanctified, which had been donated to the church by Emperor Saint Nicholas II, the last czar of Imperial Russia.

The new St Nicholas National Shrine will not only serve as a parochial Greek Orthodox Church but additional as a nondenominational bereavement center and memorial shrine. The $35 million domed structure to the south of the memorial will glow at night through a veneer of white Pentelic marble, from the same vein in Greece that was quarried to construct the Parthenon.