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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.
ASTORIA – The comedy Gynaikes Dolofonoi (8 Women) will be presented live for three performances on June 4, 5, and 6, at 8 PM each night, at the Stathakion Cultural Center, 22-51 29th Street in Astoria.
Produced by the Academy of Hellenic Paideia’s theatrical workshop Logos & Praxis, the play is directed by Theodore Petropoulos, the well-known actor and member of the Pancyprian Choir.
The dynamic cast includes Avgi-Maria Atmatzidou, Anastasia Thanasoula, Eleni Koundi, Metaxia Liza, Myrto Motsi, Natasa Protopsalti, Vicky Tsavalias, and Stavroula Tsoutsa.
Tsavalias is also a member of the Pancyprian Choir, while Tsoutsa is a contributor to Ethnikos Kirikas/The National Herald.
Tickets are a $10 donation per person.
Since this is one of the first in-person theatrical presentations since the pandemic shut down live, indoor performances, seating may be limited.
More information is available by phone: 917-603-4437
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.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
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.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.