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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NICOSIA – Expecting an influx of Cypriot students abroad returning home for Easter, Cyprus’ government will bar entry to the country to those with medical clearance and put arrivals in mandatory quarantine for 14 days to help prevent spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
With 33 cases in the country so far, the government also ordered the shutdown of private businesses, including retail stores, nightclubs, hotels and malls, said the news agency Reuters, after closing border crossing points to the northern third occupied by Turkish-Cypriots since an unlawful 1974 invasion.
British military bases on the island reported two people who had returned from Britain on March 13 had been confirmed with the virus, one male and one female, said to have mild symptoms but in self-isolation.
Thousands of Cypriot students currently abroad would be offered a 750 euro ($838.69) benefit to stay in the country of their study and not come back for now, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said, the report also added.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".