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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.
NEW YORK — Queue up your favorite oksivafon album and dive into the fantastical world of Byzantine musical instruments through a new digital exhibition showcasing their depiction on objects from pitchers to caskets.
Echos of an Empire is part of the Byzantine Musical Instruments project from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Koç University in Istanbul and the Friends of Music Society in Athens.
The SNF made a founding grant to the Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, which was dedicated in 2015. SNF has made establishing and expanding Hellenic studies programs in a number of academic institutions outside Greece a significant focus at a time when the field as a whole faces diminishing resources. In addition to the center at Koç University, SNF has supported programs in the U.S., Canada, and the UK.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it.
WASHINGTON - Although human rights groups have chided Greece’s record in dealing with refugees and migrants, alleging pushbacks the government denied happened, the US State Department said Greece’s record is essentially status quo.
While Greece is hoping to lure more foreign companies - especially American - Greek companies are showing interest in investing in the United States to take advantage of aid for environmental and other projects being offered.
ATHENS - Some 67 suspects said to be hooligan supporters of the Olympiakos volleyball team were taken before a prosecutor to face charges of being involved in the death of a police officer struck with a flare during a brawl outside a stadium.
It has been a year since Metropolitan Joachim of Nicomedia – formerly of Chalcedon – passed away and definitively rests in the earth of Chalcedon, in the Metropolis he served with exemplary discretion and dedication.