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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.
PIRAEUS, Greece – Several ferry journeys throughout Greece were cancelled on Thursday due to strong winds at sea, which according to the National Meteorological Service could reach up to 9 Beaufort in some areas.
Among the cancelled ferries were the scheduled sailing of the “Blue Star Paros” from Piraeus at 15:00, stopping at Kalymnos, Kos, Nisyros, Tilos, Symi, Rhodes and Kastellorizo, as well as the “Blue Star Naxos” scheduled to sail at 17:30 for Syros, Paros, Naxos, Donousa, Aigiali and Astypalaia.
Earlier on Thursday, strong winds led to the cancellation of the Kyllini-Zakynthos and Kyllini-Cephalonia ferry lines, as well as the morning hydrofoil trip from Volos to the Sporades islands.
Those intending to travel on Thursday were advised to contact local travel agencies and coast guard authorities before departure, in case of possible changes or cancellations.
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.