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> July 28, 2008

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EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS HELD IN CYPRUS FOR THE SECOND YEAR

NEW YORK ? Twenty teachers from various parochial schools of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are taking part in a summer educational seminar held at the University of Cyprus, in Nicosia from July 21 to August 5. The fifteen-day program, which is being offered for the second year by the University of Cyprus, is organized in cooperation with the Archdiocese Department of Greek Education and the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus and is designed especially for teachers of the Archdiocese Greek-American schools.

The daily seminar lectures and workshops focus on proven methods of teaching history and Greek as a second language. Participating teachers also have the opportunity to visit historical and religious sites of Cyprus and meet some of the countryâ??s leaders including Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus and President Demetris Christofias.

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