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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.
ATHENS – After the Greek Church vowed that anti-vaxxer priests would have to be vaccinated or face consequences, six clerics on the island of Lesbos who refused to get COVID-19 shots were put on forced administrative leave.
The decision was made by Metropolitan Bishop Iakovos, who ruled they will lose their ecclesiastical status and responsibilities until they agree to get vaccinated, citing health measures. They will be paid while suspended though.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has backed away from a pledge to require mandatory shots to slow the pandemic and only health care workers and those over 60 must be vaccinated or face penalties.
The Bishop held a meeteing with the unvaccinated priests on the island, who were briefed by medical experts about the need to take the shots to protect themselves and others, including churchgoers, but they wouldn’t listen.
Citing sources not named, Kathimerini said there were about 30 priests who refused to get the shots either because of health fears or because it goes against their personal beliefs, neither reason acceptable to the Church.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
NASHVILLE, ΤΝ – With a special event organized by the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy - U.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.