Jesuit High School Vilnius
| Jesuit High School Vilnius | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1570 |
| place | Vilnius |
| district | Vilnius |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 40 ′ 42 " N , 25 ° 17 ′ 22" E |
| Website | www.vjg.lt (Lithuanian) |
Jesuit High School in Vilnius Old Town
The Jesuit high school Vilnius ( lit .: Vilniaus jėzuitų gimnazija ), based in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, is a Jesuit- run higher education institution for boys and girls. The school sees itself in the Jesuit educational tradition and is located directly next to the St. Casimir Church and the town hall in the center of the old town . It is one of the best schools in Lithuania and is funded by the Federal Foreign Office . Even Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the school already.
history
The Jesuit grammar school in Vilnius was founded by Jesuits in 1570 as the Collegium Vilnense Societati Jesu .
In 1997 there were the first high school graduates and since 1998 there has been an intensive partnership with the St. Blasien college .
Directors
- Antanas Gražulis SJ
- Faustas Meškuotis
- Br. Virgilijus Saulius SJ
- Artūras Sederevičius SJ
- s. Edita Šicaitė
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Foreign Minister visits Jesuit High School in Vilnius ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). German Embassy in Vilnius, November 2010
- ↑ Cultural relations between Lithuania and Germany . Country information on Lithuania, Federal Foreign Office, March 2011