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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 – The deaths of 10 ethnic Greeks living in Ukraine, killed in Russia’s invasion, led Greek Foreign Ministery Secretary-General Themistoklis Demiris to lodge an official complaint with the Russian Embassy .
That was directed by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and sent to Russian Ambassador Andrey Maslov about the aerial strikes on the Sartana and Buhas villages after Russia assured no civilian areas would be targeted.
The Foreign Ministry said it wanted protection for the ethnic Greeks, mostly living in and around the city of Mariupol and that it was “appalled” by the killings, reported Kathimerini.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also put on social media that, “10 innocent civilians of Greek origin killed today by Russian air strikes close to Mariupol. Stop the bombing now!”
Major opposition SYRIZA leader and former premier Alexis Tsipras added to the response, saing that, “More innocent people dead in Ukraine. Deepest condolences to the families of our compatriots that were killed. The Russian invasion has to stop immediately. We need to return to the path of diplomacy.”
French President Emmanuel Macron released a statement on social media written in Greek and condemning the attack.
“It is not just the people of Ukraine who are in mourning today because of the war caused by Russia, but all the people of Europe. Tonight, with grief we think of Greece who unjustly lost 10 members of its community who lived in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol,” he also 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.
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.