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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.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The parish of St. Demetrios was doubly blessed during Epiphany celebrations in South Florida. This timeless tradition commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ in the river Jordan. The celebration includes the clergy blessing the water and reading a passage from the Bible. Then a dove is released, which symbolizes the Holy Spirit, and finally, a cross is thrown into the water.
On January 6, the ceremony was presided over by Fr. Peter Zougras, presiding priest of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort Lauderdale. Parish members gathered along the shore at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and the service was held on the Anglin’s Fishing Pier, owned by the family of Spiro Marchelos, who are members of the parish.
Konstantinos Dimitrakopoulos retrieved the cross. A senior at Cardinal Gibbons High School, a star member of their basketball team, and a scholarship recipient, he is staying with his adopted family, Pauline and Pam Stamm, who are longtime members of St. Demetrios. They are very proud of him in all of his endeavors! His parents and family in Greece feel extremely blessed that he has been embraced by the entire Fort Lauderdale community.
St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in West Palm Beach held the Blessing of the Waters on January 7. This year, Nicholas Klonaris of Cooper City, retrieved the cross and received a blessing from the clergy. Klonaris is a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas High School. He is active in his home church of St. Demetrios, serving in the altar and participating in GOYA.
Klonaris said, “I fell extremely blessed and honored to participate in Epiphany and to be the one to get the cross. It is a special experience I will never forget.”
His parents Pantelis and Amy, and brother/fellow diver Jordan are extremely proud of him. He is the third generation in the Klonaris family to participate in the Epiphany tradition. Axios to all of the participants around the globe who took part in Epiphany celebrations!
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 - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
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.
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.