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.
CHERRY HILL, NJ – The continuing and new elected members of the Parish Council participated in the Affirmation of Office, with the paternal blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, at St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill by the community’s presiding priest, Fr. Avgoustinos Psomas, on January 15.
The Parish Council for 2023 is the following: George G. Horiates, Anastasios Efstratiades, Elias Iliadis, Dimitrios Rozanitis, Charles Sandilos, Efstathios Karadonis, Georgia Flamporis, Stavros Antonakakis, Cosmas Diamantis, Christopher Diamantoukos, Nicholas Gasparinatos, Gerasimos G. Kappatos, Alex Kokolis, Gerasimos Melissaratos, George N. Pappas, and Nick G. Kostiou.
The Affirmation of Office ceremony took place at the Church at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy with best wishes for all Parish Council members for a fruitful and most productive year
The annual Vasilopita Celebration of the parish was also held on January 15, immediately after the swearing in and the installation of the new Parish Council. Following the services, portions of the Vasilopita were distributed to the President and the new members of the Parish Council, the officers of the parish organizations, and then to the entire congregation. We thank the President and the ladies of St. Irene Philoptochos who sponsored the annual cutting of the Vasilopita. According to tradition, a special contribution was collected as well and will be sent to the St. Basil Academy in Garrison, NY, the Archdiocesan Child Care Center.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S.
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".