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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.
SYRACUSE, NY – Syracuse AHEPA Chapter 37 held its annual ‘Honor the Veterans’ event at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church on November 12. It was well-attended by chapter members and guests. Present also were District 6 Lt. Governor Chris Pappis, Albany Chapter 140 Past President George Pappis, and District 6 Secretary Michael Labatos. Brothers Filippos Georgakopoulos and Stavros Tamoutselis were presented with a certificate of appreciation for their loyal support and work in the Hellenic events of the chapter and Brother Peter J. Peters was presented with the certificate and the AHEPA Medal for Military Service for appreciation of his service in the U.S. Army.
Dr. James Telonis, AHEPA 37 Director of Hellenism, with his remarks, took us back to October 28, 1940 and ‘OXI’ Day. He said: “‘OXI’ Day should be celebrated all over the world and not just by the Greeks.”
The historic Syracuse AHEPA Chapter 37 is the second oldest chapter in New York State, having built the first AHEPA Home in New York and having hosted the AHEPA Supreme Convention August 15-21, 1939.
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.
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".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.