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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 – Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York State landmarks will be lit blue and white on March 25, in celebration of Greek Independence Day. This day marks the 201st anniversary of Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire following the Greek Revolution of 1821.
“Today, we celebrate Greek Independence Day with New York’s Greek community by showing how thankful we are for their cultural contributions to this great state,” Governor Hochul said. “Greek culture is built into the foundation of our everyday lives in many ways as New Yorkers and I’m proud to light New York’s landmarks blue and white this evening to celebrate the strong ties we have with this great nation and its people.”
New York State has one of the largest Greek populations in America, contributing to every profession and sharing their culture through restaurants, churches, street festivals, parades, and many other ways.
The landmarks to be lit in celebration of Greek Independence Day include:
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.