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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 — While some Greek men in the arts are facing unspecified charges of sexually harassing female colleagues, noted actor-director George Kimoulis has been dropped from taking part in the Athens and Epidaurus Festivals for being too rough verbally with peers.
In a statement, the organizers said he won’t be in this year’s lineup – the details uncertain during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – because of accusations of mental and verbal abuse from his colleagues.
The festival’s management said there were many accusations but that it wasn’t trying “to act vindictively, nor to replace the courts,” the statement said but felt compelled to drop him anyway, some critics speaking publicly.
Kimoulis was scheduled to appear in Sophocles’ Philoctetes at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus this summer and managers are trying to work out how the show will go on without him.
Kimoulis, widely regarded as one of Greece’s pre-eminent actors, was recently accused by actor Zeta Douka of intense verbal abuse, even alleging that he kicked her during a performance.
Following her account, at least eight other actors, both male and female, came forward to accuse Kimoulis of similar behavior, said Kathimerini in a report on the growing developments in the arts scene.
The Athens and Epidaurus Festival is one of Greece’s biggest annual cultural events, featuring many acclaimed Greek and international artists and groups, the paper added of its significance.
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".