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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.
BOSTON – George E. Alepedis, age 92, of Medford, MA died peacefully on May 13 surrounded by family. Beloved husband of Anna Alepedis, nurturing father of Betty Alepedis-Stoukides and her husband Michael and Efharis Alepedis, he leaves behind his four grandchildren Demetri, Myrtianna, Georgianna, and Michelle. He was the brother of the late Nicholas Alepidis, survived by his sister-in-law Konstandina Alepidis and their three children, and his late sister Marika Spanidou, late brother-in-law Ipatios Spanidis, late nephew Kostas Spanidis and his wife Georgia Giannakidou Spanidou, and two children. He also leaves behind many nephews and nieces and relatives whom he loved dearly. George immigrated to the United States from Greece in 1956. He was a proud Dunkins franchisee for 52 years in the Copley and Back Bay area. The funeral was held on Wednesday, May 19 at Hellenic College Holy Cross Chapel, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline. Visitation prior to the funeral service from 10:00-The burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to The Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology or The American Diabetes Association.
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.