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Zografeio Celebrates 118th Anniversary in Istanbul!

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Zografeio used to have 45 students per class but today 45 is the number of the total school body. The only Greek school in Istanbul still open, Zografeio has functioned continuously since 1893.

On Septemeber 20th, it was the beginning of the School year in Turkey and the school celebrated its 118th anniversary. Special guests of the event was a delegation from the American College of Greece headed by the College’s Vice Presidnet and former member of the Greek Parliament Nikos Georgiadis.

Mr. Georgiadis talked to students about higher education, informed them about the programs in ACG and also invited them to apply for scholarships at his College.

At the end of the ceremony, the Greek guests received presents from the principal of Zografeio who thanked them for their visit.

Zografeion was founded in the late 19th century, as the growing number of Greek students proved to be more than the Zappeion and Panayia schools could accommodate. The community decided to build a new school, and donations were collected from a number of people. Christakis Zografos, who was living in Paris at the time, made the largest contribution, of 10,000 gold liras. In 1890, the Greek community decided that the school be renamed after Zografos. The school was inaugurated in 1893 and its first alumni were graduated in 1899.

The school, like all minority schools in Turkey, is a secular school. Many famous artists, architects, politicians and theologians of the Greek diaspora have studied at the school, including Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. Zografeion, like all minority schools in Turkey, applies the full Turkish curriculum in addition to Greek subjects: Greek language, literature and religion.

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