Honoring our Past and Celebrating the Future!
February 1 , 2025
El Caribe, Brooklyn NY
Our History
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The Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church of Bay Ridge had its origin in early 1956 when a small group of far seeing dedicated men, seven to be exact, convened in the Little Fur Shop at 85th Street & 4th Avenue and unanimously agreed that there was a definite need for a Greek Orthodox Church in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. They fully realized that the area was rich in the number of Greek Orthodox Christians and that these hundreds of families were living in a near spiritual and communal vacuum. They were fully aware that the Greek Orthodox Church not only serves the spiritual needs of its communicants, but is also the center of Hellenic Culture and ultimately the instrument by which our Greek heritage is transferred to each succeeding generation.
These seven men, John Apostolakis, Contstantine Butsikares, Alex Coufos, Costis Generalis, Angelo Kappakas, Emile Murat and Gus Nicholas, by their decisive action became the founding fathers of our church.
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