General News
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, October 27, 7 PM EST, The Hellenic Society Prometheas commemorates OXI Day with an online event including a greeting by Ambassador of Greece to the United States, Alexandra Papadopoulou, and an illustrated presentation by James L. Marketos, Esq., titled, Greek War Relief: America’s Formidable Response to Famine in World War II Greece.
In late 1940, Greece’s unexpected victory over Mussolini’s invasion forces electrified the free world. For the first time since the beginning of World War II, a free nation had defeated an Axis power on land. In the U.S., Greece’s heroic resistance against the Axis forces galvanized an unprecedented response: “Greek War Relief,” an immensely successful charitable giving campaign organized within a matter of days after October 28, 1940, to raise funds for Greece.
The campaign was particularly successful for uniting the public relations skills of prominent Greek-American businesspeople, particularly in the movie industry, with the natural sympathies of ordinary Americans, who saw Greeks willing to die for the sake of liberty as true heroes.
In his illustrated presentation (in English), Marketos will recall the mostly forgotten story of Greek War Relief and its stunning successes.
James L. Marketos, Esq., a partner in the Washington law firm Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, is a member of the New York and District of Columbia bars. He specializes in corporate litigation, representing private clients in trials and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He received his Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and his Juris Doctor degree from New York University where he was Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Annual Survey of American Law and was awarded the law school’s Vanderbilt Medal. From 1997 to 2008, he served as chairman of the DC-based American Hellenic Institute, Inc.
The presentation link: https://youtu.be/0YunCNPvMco.
Participants may enter questions in the YouTube chatbox during the presentation.
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.