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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.
New Britan, CT – Helen (Papadoupoulis) Unaris, 91, of Southington passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Arthur Unaris, who was the former co-owner of Capitol Lunch in New Britain.
She was born in Greece on March 7, 1925, a devoted communicant of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Britain. She valued her family and friends.
She is survived by her son, John Unaris of Southington; two grandsons, Ignatios “Gus” Ververis of Plainville and Arthur Ververis of Unionville.
Besides her husband, she was predeceased by her daughter, Stasia Ververis.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. from the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St., to St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 301 W. Main St., New Britain, at 10 a.m. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in New Britain.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.