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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.
PHILADELPHIA – On Sunday April 2nd the entire Greek-American community and Philhellenes of Philadelphia and the Greater Delaware Valley will march on Benjamin Franklin Parkway to celebrate the Greek Independence Day.
196 years ago, Greeks stood up against the Ottoman Empire and revived Hellenism after almost 400 years of oppression. Despite their non-existent military infrastructure, limited resources and size, our forefathers revolted against the tyrants.
“With love and respect to the ideal of freedom, they succeeded in liberating Greece and delivering the sacred land to the next generations. Their example keeps inspiring us! Our duty is to commemorate those heroes and pay tribute to the nation they fought for, Hellas!” says the press release from Nikolaos (Nick) Spiliotis, President of the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of Philadelphia
“We are granted the honor again this year to have with us the Presidential Guard of Greece (the Evzones)! It’s the day to be Together, United and Proud of our Heritage!”
Read the PDF’s below to be aware of the celebration program, route and instructions, the parade line-up and the information sheet.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.