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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.
ΝΙCOSIA – As it’s doing in many countries, the less deadly but more contagious COVID-19 Omicron Variant brought a record number of cases across Cyprus with 2,241 infections reported on Dec. 28, up from 1,925 the day previous.
“I think this is due to the Omicron variant, which may have arrived earlier than we thought,” Petros Karayiannis, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School and a member of a scientific advisory committee to the government told Reuters.
Since the pandemic broke out in March 2020, there have been 154,926 cases reported and 630 deaths, the number of cases seen rising exponentially because of Omicron’s appearance from South Africa.
Cyprus reported its first Omicron case on Dec. 10 but the report said that health officials said that the variant affects those infected with milder symptoms than the Delta Variant, two studies on the island showed.
“Possibly, without having more data, it is due to the Omicron variant which seems to trigger a milder infection,” Karayiannis was quoted as telling the semi-official Cyprus News Agency (CNA).
Health officials are reviewing the data as the pandemic retains its grip on the island where more than 80 percent of those on the Greek-Cypriot side have received two shots of vaccines, no report on how many got boosters.
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".