Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Kotseas Square, First Phase Completed of Saint Spyridon Greek Cathedral Family Center Also Significant to Revitalization of Elm Park

Worcester, MA, December 01, 2007 --(PR.com)-- On Sunday, December 2, 2007 the Saint Spyridon Greek Community, and city and neighborhood officials will gather together at a Commemoration & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to recognize Kotseas Square, the completion and official acknowledgment of the Phase I, Family Center project. A reception will follow immediately at Saint Spyridon Cotsidas Auditorium. The Kotseas Square is the first step of the planning and design of the Family Center project and was made possible by the generous donation of Charles Kotseas & Paul Kotseas, of Blessed Memory, and their families. The Family Center project is the revitalization of a 50-year community-wide dream and vision. The completed family center will provide a state of the art facility that will embrace its current religious and educational programs and activities while preparing for the future growth of the community. It will also offer a wide range of activities and programs that appeal to every one, including educational, athletic, religious, cultural, philanthropic and social. As Kotseas Square does, the new family center promises to be a significant component of the Revitalization of the Elm Park Neighborhood.

The Family Center Committee has been meeting on a weekly basis since the onset of the building project in early 2005. The committee is made up of selfless stewards who have volunteered their time and talents to assist in
facilitating the community’s 50-year dream to build a family center. Dimitrios Vasiliadis, Chairman of the Building Committee states, “On behalf of the Family Center Committees we thank the individuals from our community, such as the Kotseas Family and many others who believe in the family center and have pledged generously to ensure this family center will be built.” Vasiliadis continues, “And this family center will be built…we encourage all others to look deep into their heart and contribute to the future of our community.”

Additionally, the hope of the Family Center Committees is that the Saint Spyridon Community continues to work together to help renovate and rebuild a facility that will also revitalize the Elm Park Neighborhood. Gus Giannakis, Parish Council President states, ““This project is a “Win-Win” situation for everyone, including the Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Community, the greater Orthodox community of Worcester, Elm Park and the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as for the City of Worcester. We are very thankful for the vision and generosity of the Kotseas Family and the many others who have given of their treasures and time to help make the family center happen.”

For more information or for an interview:
Contact: Christina Andrianopoulos, Communications Director & Capital Campaign Co-Chairman
Cell—917.734.9804, or Cathedral Office No: 508.791.7326, Christina@TheOmGroup.com
www.spyridoncathedral.org

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