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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 YORK – The Cultural Ministry of Saint George and Saint Demetrios’ Church in Manhattan celebrates World Poetry Day 2021 on March 21st, with the streaming of ‘Singing Poetry,’ a Cyprus New York Production under the musical and artistic direction of Phyto Stratis.
The program consists of songs composed by Theodorakis, Hadjidakis, Loizos, and Terzis, with the poetry of Elytis, Seferis, Sappho, Palamas, and Lorca, and is performed by Aggeliki Psonis, Ariadne Panagopoulou, Demetris Michael, and Louis Panayioutou. Excerpts from the Old Testament’s poem Asma Asmaton will be narrated by Anna Tsoukala Post and Theodoros Petropoulos.
Watch ‘Singing Poetry’ this Sunday, March 21, 6 PM, on Saint Demetrios and Saint George Church’s Facebook page and on their Youtube channel.
https://www.facebook.com/St.GeorgeandDemetrios
For Assistance: +1 917 750 1136
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.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
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.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.