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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 exempt from COVID-19 health protocols, the Greek Orthodox Church to nevertheless advise use of measures to prevent the spread of the virus with two major religious holidays looming, the ruling body Holy Synod said.
A note was sent to Metropolises and Metropolitans around the country who were told to notify the clergy, monks and nuns and the members of the Ecclesiastical Councils, the Holy Synod said in a press release, reported Kathimerini.
The Church is preparing to celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus on Aug. 6, and the Dormition (or the Assumption) of the Virgin Mary on Aug. 15 which are religious events during which “a large participation is witnessed in church services and due to the increase in novel Coronavirus infections, particularly in Attica,” the Church said.
Other festivals had been prohibited to hold down COVID-19 that has begun spiking again with people ignoring health measures and tourists bringing the virus with them despite tests conducted at airports.
Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias announced that mask-wearing will be mandatory for everyone inside retail shops, public service offices, banks, food stores, bakeries and elevators but not in churches although they are major public gathering spots where the virus can breed and spread and Holy Communion given.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
It was a close brush with death but a 40-year-old British tourist bitten by a deadly viper while at a yoga retreat on Cyprus is recovering after getting swift hospitalization to counteract the venom.
ATHENS - After Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system - with help from French, American and British fighter jet pilots - knocked Iranian missiles and drones from the skies during an attack, Greece is looking to create a similar protection method.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Visitors to Disney's California parks could one day walk through the snow-covered hamlet of Arendelle from “Frozen” or the bustling, critter-filled metropolis of “Zootopia” under a park expansion plan approved by the Anaheim City Council.