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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 — Greece confirmed 3,442 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, with 14 of these identified at the country's borders, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said.
The total of infections since the pandemic began is 547,186 (daily change +0.6%). Of the confirmed cases in the last 7 days, 130 relate to travel abroad and 1,492 to already known cases.
There are 282 people on ventilators, and their average age is 64 years. A total of 84.0% have an underlying disorder and/or are aged 70 or over. Since the pandemic began, another 2,889 have been discharged from ICUs.
On Wednesday, 290 patients are admitted to hospital (daily change +33.03%), with the average rate of admissions for the past 7 days is 240 patients. The median age of new infections is 40 years (range 0.2 to 106 years) and the median age of the decesased is 78 years (range 0.2 to 106 years).
On the same day, 25 patients died, bringing the casualty total to 13,278 since the pandemic began. A total of 95.2% had an underlying disorder and/or were aged 70 or more.
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".