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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.
Acting with impunity, Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace over the Aegean 36 times on Dec. 26 without a word from NATO, the defense alliance to which both belong, nor from the United States which had otherwise been offering words of support to Greece.
The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said the incursions came over the the northeast, central and southeast parts of the Aegean Sea as Turkey has stepped up provocations after the US started siding more with Greece.
GEETHA said nine of the violations were carried out by three formations of Turkish F-16 jets, four of which were armed, and the other 27 by two CN-235 planes. In five of the cases, the Turkish jets also infringed upon the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR).
One of the airspace violations developed into a mock dogfight with Greek jets with is a common occurrence, adding to tensions there could be an accidental conflict, and all the Turkish aircraft were identified and intercepted by Greek fighter planes in line with international rules of engagement, GEETHA said.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
LORAIN, OH – Fr. Michael Gulgas, 67 of Amherst, fell asleep in the Lord, on the mid-Lenten celebration of the Holy Cross in St.
The issue of what to do at our southern borders inexorably drags on, leaving a tidal wave of decisions awaiting answers in big and small cities.
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As we head toward the culmination of the divine drama and the celebration of Holy Pascha, this special time is prime for sharpening our spiritual senses, but also contemplating certain qualities of our cultural otherness that shape our worldview and unique historical standpoint.