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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 – Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou paid a visit on Friday to the 'Agia Varvara' state facility of child protection services for adolescent girls, where she was welcomed by Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Domna Michailidou.
Attending an event by the Center of Social Welfare of Attica for the girls hosted at the center, which is supervised by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Sakellaropoulou was briefed by Michailidou on efforts to make state welfare care facilities more extrovert, by taking advantage of deinstitutionalization policies that rely on the full activation of adoption and fostering laws.
Sakellaropoulou was shown around the grounds by some of the resident girls, who also told the President of their life there and their future plans.
The Agia Varvara facility was founded in 1951 and operates as a special vocational training school. It hosts 24 girls, aged 12 and above, who are in need of a safe environment, social care, protection and rehabilitation.
In a tweet after the visit, the president expressed her joy at being able to attend the event and said she had encouraged the girls to follow their dreams.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.