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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 — Russian Ambassador in Greece Andrey Maslov and Defense Attache Major General Aleksandr Prykhodko presented World War II veteran Constantine Kanakis with the medal of the Defense of Sevastopol in Athens on Tuesday.
In a statement, the embassy said, "He is now 97 years old, and he fought in the Soviet army against the fascist occupiers. In 1941, when he was 18 years old, he was drafted in the Soviet army and until March 1942 participated in the defense of Sevastopol as member of the 136th army regiment. Seventy-seven years later, the medal has been presented to its recipient."
The medal was awarded to Kanakis by the presidium of the USSR's Supreme Soviet in December 1942.
The ambassador and the attache congratulated the Greek hero for receiving a high military recognition of Russia, and expressed their best wishes to him.
В 1941 г. К.Г.Канаки в возрасте 18 лет был призван Севастопольским военкоматом и до марта 1942 г. участвовал в обороне Севастополя.
А.М.Маслов и Атташе по вопросам обороны генерал-майор А.С.Приходько тепло поздравили К.Г.Канаки, пожелали ему крепкого здоровья и благополучия. pic.twitter.com/A9kwolWwlj
— Rus Embassy, Greece (@RFEmbassyGr) November 17, 2020
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".