With the hope and blessing of His Eminence. Our Prelate Mr.. Dorotheou B, the parish of the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Holy Virgin Mykonos, under the auspices and care of Edessimol. Protopr. Petrou Marangou, Hierarchical Commissioner of Mykonos and Delos, in collaboration with the travel agency Kitsakis Travel & Tourism organized a ten-day air tour, from the 10 until 20 November in the United States…….
Tourists had the opportunity to visit and admire New York, central and northern Manhattan, the spectacular TimesSquare, the imposing RockefellerCenter, 5th Avenue, the circular square with the statue of Christopher Columbus and the famous Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. The Cathedral of St. Patrick, CentralPark.
Go up to the 70th floor of the skyscraper in TopoftheRock, one of the places from which one can observe New York from above. The historic Ellis Island, the gateway to the United States for more than 12 millions of immigrants in a period larger than 60 years old which served as the main immigrant reception station. The Statue of Liberty, which dominates the city port, Staten Island and NewJersey. The monument of September 11th 2001 which today houses the two pool monuments. This is where the tallest building in the western hemisphere stands today, the “OneWorldTradeCenter”.
The famous WallStreet, Little Italy, the Chinatown, the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, It is one of the largest and most important art museums in the world with a year of foundation 1872. His collections consist of more than two million works of art and include separate areas of Greco-Roman, Medieval, Asian, Islamic, and contemporary art, as well as a plethora of photos, musical instruments, clothing and weapons.
Also the wonderful Chelsea, the Brooklyn Bridge, the first pendant, with steel bridges bridge to the world from 1883. Broadway, Queens and Astoria which is the “Greek village” of New York where we worshiped a relic of the Holy Peace of Chrysovalantos in the homonymous Holy Monastery and was welcomed by the Most Reverend Abbot of the Monastery, Bishop of Efkarpia Mr.. Hierotheos.
The famous capital of the United States, Washington with the Air Museum & Space (NationalAir&SpaceMuseum) the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the Arlington Cemetery. Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Translating the feelings of our fellow travelers, we express our infinite thanks to our Most Reverend Father Metropolitan and. Dorotheos II for the blessing and permission of this year's trip but also for his interest and his father's wishes.
