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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 – Two concerts featuring works by composer Mikis Theodorakis for the promotion of modern Greek culture took place on December 12 and 13 in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden, respectively, with the Greek National Tourist Organisation (GNTO) as a major sponsor, according to an announcement on Monday.
The concerts were organised by Medelhavets Produktion & Events at the Göta Lejon Theater in the Swedish capital (1,100 seats) and at the Lisebergs Teatern in Gothenburg (510 seats), as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. The Mikis Theodorakis Orchestra and the artists Dimitris Bassis and Rita Antonopoulou participated. The members of the delegation were accompanied by the composer’s daughter, Margarita Theodoraki.
The event was attended by, among others, the family of Olof Palme, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Sweden, the Italian embassy’s representative, the Swedish Parliament’s international affairs adviser, and high-ranking officials of the Swedish tourism organisations and media.
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.