Getronagan High School

Özel Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi
type of school	private high school
founding	1886
place	Istanbul
province	Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	41 ° 1 '32 " N , 28 ° 58' 42" E Coordinates: 41 ° 1 '32 " N , 28 ° 58' 42" E
student	182 (2001)
management	Silva Kuyumciyan
Website	www.getronagan.k12.tr

Class of 1923 with director Kegham Kavafyan

The Armenian High School Getronagan ( Armenian Ազգային Կեդրոնական Վարժարան , Turkish Özel Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi ) is an Armenian- speaking high school in Karaköy / Istanbul .

The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople , Archbishop Nersès II. Varjabédian , invited important Armenian donors to the Patriarchate on December 16, 1882 in order to restore the patriarchal seat and to found the Getronagan School (central school). On the first day, 1,450 lira were collected. Unable to finish everything before his death due to his illness, the Patriarch gave priority to founding the school and postponed work on the Patriarchal Seat.

To this end, the Patriarch Nersès Varjabedyan Foundation was established, and Apik Uncuyan, A. Çunt, Mgirdic Yesayan, H. Hagopyan, H. Narodunkyan, A. Gülbenkyan and D. Gümüşgerdan became the first foundation members.

After repaying the debts of the Armenian community in Galata and with the money collected through the initiative of Nersès II. Varjabédians, the school opened on September 1, 1886. The Catholicos Magar, religious leader of all Armenians , and Archbishop Harutiun I. Vehabedian , new Patriarch of Constantinople, presided over the opening ceremony. Minas Cheras became the first director.

The grammar school is currently both a boys 'and a girls' school. In 2001 it had a total of 182 students.

students

Misag Medzarents - poet

Hayko Cepkin - singer

Eruchan - writer

Ara Guler - photographer

Levon Schant - writer, poet

Kegham Parseghian - writer

Mıgırdiç Margosyan - writer, director of Surp Haç Ermeni Lisesi

Karekin II. Kazanjian - Patriarch

Hrachia Adjarian - Linguist

Vazken Andréassian - engineer

Markar Esayan - journalist

Sarkis Minassian - journalist and teacher

Parsegh Shahbaz - lawyer and columnist

Mari Gerekmezyan - Turkey's first female sculptor

Teachers and principals

Melkon Gürdjian - writer
Tovmas Terzian - writer, dramaturge
Yeghia Demirjibashian - poet
Zareh Kalfayan - painter
Kegham Kavafyan - Architect (Director)
Vahan Tekeyan - writer, poet (director)
Hovhannes Hintliyan - Educationalist (Director)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Getronagan Armenian High School. In: Getronagan Armenian High School: Official Website. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
↑ Pamela J. Young: Knowledge, nation, and the curriculum: Ottoman Armenian education (1853-1915). University of Michigan, 2001, pp. 143 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed December 11, 2012]).
↑ Ermeni Okullarında 3530 Öğrenci Var. Retrieved December 11, 2011 (Turkish).

[Getronagan_Armenian_High_School:_Official_Website-1] Getronagan Armenian High School. In: Getronagan Armenian High School: Official Website. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .

[2] Pamela J. Young: Knowledge, nation, and the curriculum: Ottoman Armenian education (1853-1915). University of Michigan, 2001, pp. 143 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed December 11, 2012]).

[3] Ermeni Okullarında 3530 Öğrenci Var. Retrieved December 11, 2011 (Turkish).