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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.
WHITESTONE, NY – The basketball teams from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church of Whitestone celebrated another successful season in the Greek Orthodox Basketball League (GOBL), winning the most championships this season with three for the Holy Cross Whitestone Black JB (Junior Boys American Division), Holy Cross Whitestone Gold B3 (Boys 3 American Division), and Holy Cross Whitestone Gold B2 (Boys 2 American West Division).
The teams were impressive in their respective divisions, finishing the season with win-loss records for the Black JB at 12-2, Gold B3 8-1, and Gold B2 6-1.
The players, coaches, and presiding priest of the community Fr. George Anastasiou posed for a commemorative photo following the Divine Liturgy on March 26. Fr. Anastasiou congratulated all the players and coaches as family, friends, and all the parishioners wished them the best for future successes.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
NEW YORK – Mike Labatos, AHEPA District 6 Lt.
Cretans are known for loving their guns but the island has the dubious record of having the highest rates of suicide in Greece over the last 25 years, averaging 2.
ATHENS - Forgetting the 2010-18 economic and austerity crisis that saw people so desperate they were picking food out of rubbish and supermarket bins, Greeks are among the European countries with the ignominious title of food wasters.
PARIS (AP) — The second retractable roof at Roland Garros will be inaugurated on the opening day of the French Open next month, organizers said on Thursday about a project planned with the Paris Olympics in mind.