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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.
ATHENS — A fire that broke out near a pine forest in the Pounta-Zeza area in Lavrio at noon on Thursday continued to burn on Thursday afternoon, with strong 7-Beaufort winds increasing the likelihood that this might spread toward the Sounio national forest, Lavreotiki Mayor Dimitris Loukas said.
The fire is thought to have started within a facility operated by Hellenic Defence Systems in the area, possibly due to shots fired, burning an area of low-growing vegetation and refuse. As the plant is situated with a 350 hectare site of pine forest in the Kamariza location, the strong winds presented a real danger that it might spread.
"The direction, toward the national forest of Sounio, mobilised the fire brigade from the first, which is operating in the presence of its chief," Loukas said.
Deputy Civil Protection and Crises Management Minister Nikos Hardalias also sped to the scene, along with the Attica Deputy Regional Governor for Civil Protection Vasilis Kokkalis.
Acting on the recommendation of the fire brigade, authorities have evacuated children at the nearby summer camp Akrogiali and an informal refugee and migrant camp on a site owned by the development ministry, as well as residents of four settlements, in Agrileza, Kamariza, Agios Gerasimos and Sounio.
In the meantime, according to Loukas, the fire-fighting force sent to put out the flames has been reinforced with additional men and aircraft. Earlier it was announced that 49 fire men, 19 fire engines, two teams of fire-fighters on the ground, two aircraft and four helicopters were battling the flames.
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".