List of Christian colleges of Eastern Christianity
The list of the Christian universities of Eastern Christianity or higher schools (grammar schools, Lycées or colleges) lists all schools founded by Eastern Christianity to this day. The foundation date is the year in which the school or university privilege was granted; predecessors and later start-ups are noted,
In the early modern times, some Christian orders, mostly mission orders from Europe, founded schools in the Orient. Schools run by Protestant missionaries, mostly from English-speaking countries, were added later. Universities were founded out of some schools, some of which are no longer church-sponsored today.
Early Christianity and Late Antiquity
From the 2nd century onwards there were catechist schools in Alexandria , Antioch , Caesarea etc. They are the first Christian theological educational institutions and are based on the model of the philosophy schools. The names Antiochene School or Alexandrian School are theological schools. Caesarea Maritima in Palestine was founded by Origen and Side in Pamphylia (Syria) was founded by Rhodo, both are daughter schools of the catechist school in Alexandria. There was also the Edessa school , also called the Persian school , and the Nisibis school in the eastern Syrian church for the Church of the East or Nestorians .
11th to 14th centuries
| Founded | University) | history |
| 1054 | Academy of Mangana , Constantinople | founded in St. George's monastery (in the Manganaviertel) as a college for law and philosophy, with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 the monastery and the academy were destroyed. |
| 1106 | Academy of Gelati , Kutaisi , Georgia | founded by King David the Builder next to a church building for the purpose of training theologians, philosophers and legal scholars |
| 11th century | Academy of Ikalto , Telvali, East Georgia | Founded by David the builder in a monastery that had existed since the 5th century, the theologian Arsen Ikaltoeli (Ikaltoelider) was commissioned to build the academy, and Shah Abbas I (Persia) destroyed the monastery and the academy in 1616. |
15th and 16th centuries
| Founded | University) | history |
| 1454 | Greek Orthodox College , Phanar | today a grammar school, which is next to the St. George Church |
| 1584 | Collegium Maronitium , Rome | founded by the Catholic Church for the purpose of further training of the Maronite clergy |
17th and 18th centuries
| Founded | University) | history |
| 1657 | College Saint Joseph (Antoura) | founded by the Jesuits as the first lycée based on the French model, taken over by the Lazarists from 1783, as the Jesuit order was abolished |
| 1687 | Moscow Spiritual Academy | founded as a Greek Latin School, signed in 1682 by Tsar Fyodor III. the founding discreet, the first higher educational institution in Moscow, under Tsar Peter I, was converted to a higher theological educational institution as more and more secular schools emerged. In 1721 the school was subordinated to the Holy Synod, in 1775 renamed the Slavic Greek-Latin School, the curriculum was coordinated with the seminary of the Holy Trinity Monastery. In the 19th century the school became the first theological academy of the Russian Orthodox Church. Closed in 1918 and reopened in 1944. |
| 1696 | College Notre Dame | founded by the Maronite Order of Maryamites (Holy Virgin Mary), since 1987 Notre Dame University - Louaize |
| 1699 | Greek College, Oxford , Oxford | founded by Benjamin Woodroffe, closed again in 1705 [1] |
| after 1736 | Collegium Antonine | Founded by the Maronite Order of Antonines for the formation of priests in the Maronite Church, since 1961 by the law faculty, since 1975 by the music academy and since 1994 university |
| 1725 | Spiritual Academy , Saint Petersburg | founded as a Slavic Greek-Latin school in the Alexander Nevsky monastery. In 1778 it was transformed into a main seminary and renamed the Alexander Nevsky Academy in 1797. In 1908 it was divided into three departments: the theological academy (university), the theological seminary (college) and the theological school (high school), closed in 1918 and reopened in 1946. It is subordinate to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. |
| 1783 | College Jamhour , Baabda | founded by the Jesuits after the abolition of the order, today by Jesuits and headed by the "Congrégation des Saints Cœurs", a Jesuit women's order. |
| 1783 | College St. Benoit , Istanbul | founded by the Jesuits at an earlier point in time as a school or taken over by the Lazarists and expanded as a lycée until today [2] |
| Late 17th century | College La Sagesse , Beirut | founded by the Archbishop of Beirut, in 1875 the law faculty later became the University of La Sagesse |
19th century
| Founded | (University | history |
| 1815 | Lasarian Institute , Moscow | founded by the Lasarian family from Neu-Julfa (Persia): an Armenian academy (Jemaran) with the program of a Russian grammar school. It was closed in 1918. |
| 1821 | Philanthropic College , Calcutta | The first ever Armenian college (Martasiragan Djemaran). It was directed for the first forty years by Hovhannes Avdalian (1793-1860), who had a British education. |
| 1824 | Nersessian Gymnasium , Tbilisi | founded by Nerses Aschtaraketsi (1770-1857) who later became Catholicos Nerses V. . |
| 1825 | Mechitarist High School , Constantinople | founded by the Viennese mechitarists : Armenian-Catholic high school |
| 1825 | Mesrobian College , Smyrna | founded by the Armenian Catholic family Abroyan: the first non-denominational educational institution in the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1831 | Sahagyan-Nunyan High School, Istanbul | founded by Patriarch Garabed III. von Balat (1823–1831): Armenian high school that was completely destroyed in the great fire of Samatya in 1866. In 1871 it was rebuilt as a girls' school [3] . |
| 1832 | Samuel Muradian College, Padua | founded by the Venetian mechitarists and initially financed by two merchants from Madras (Samuel Muradian and Raphael Gharamian). |
| 1835 | College for Girls , (LAU) Beirut | founded by American-Presbyterian missionaries, from 1924, two-year women's college, and from 1948 four-year women's college, from 1975 also admission for male students and renaming to Beirut College University and from 1994 university, Lebanese-American Univ. |
| 1836 | Murad Raphaelian College, Venice | founded by the Venetian mechitarists and initially financed by two merchants from Madras (Samuel Muradian and Raphael Gharamian), originally planned for the children of wealthy merchants in Venice, later moved to Paris. Today most of the students are supported by the Mechhitarist Order. Halki seminar |
| 1844 | Seminar of Chalki , Chalki, island in front of Constantinople | founded as theological college by Patriarch Germanos IV, next to the Holy Trinity Monastery, closed by the Turkish state since 1971. In the 9th century there was already a seminar building on the site. |
| 1844 | St. Vincent-de-Paul Lycée , Alexandria | founded by the Sisters of the Order of St. Vincent-de-Paul from France. |
| 1856 | Lycée Notre Dame du Sion , Istanbul | founded by the order of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion or Notre Dame de Sion , was initially a French-speaking girls' grammar school, later also open to boys, today with Classe Préparatoire |
| 1859 | Theological seminary, Kharpert | founded by the Congregationalist Church in Boston |
| 1863 | Robert College , Istanbul | founded by American Protestant missionaries, English speaking, today a Turkish and state university |
| 1866 | Syrian Protestant College , Beirut | founded by American Protestant missionaries, English-speaking, now non-denominational and known as the American University Beirut |
| 1867 | American Protestant Seminary, Marash | founded by American Protestants. |
| 1871 | Talas American College , Talas, Kayseri Province | founded by the American missionary James L. Fowle and expanded into a boarding school in 1889 by Henry K. Wingate. The college closed in 1968. |
| 1874 | Kevork Academy , Etchmiadzin | founded by Catholicos Kevork IV .: an Armenian academy (also: Kevorkian Djemaran ), which initially served the training of teachers and priests, later no longer placed the main emphasis on spiritual training. |
| 1875 | Saint Joseph University , Beirut | founded by the Jesuit order: first French-speaking university in the Orient |
| 1875 | Armenia College , Kharpert | was renamed Euphrates College in 1888 under pressure from the Ottoman authorities . |
| 1882 | St. George's College , Istanbul | founded by the Lazarists and the Sisters of Mercy, both from Austria |
| 1881 | Sanasarian College , Erzurum | founded with the financial support of Mkrtitsch Sanasarian and by G. Yezian: Armenian College. In 1912 the college was transferred to Sivas. In 1915 it was destroyed by the Turks. |
| 1882 | Central Turkey Girls's College, Marasch | founded by American Protestants. |
| 1886 | Getronagan High School , Istanbul | founded by Patriarch Nerses II. Varjapetian : Armenian high school [4] |
| 1889 | Armasch Theological Seminary (north of Iznik) | founded on the initiative of Patriarch Horen I. Achekian (1888–1894), led by dean Archbishop Malachia Ormanian : Armenian theological seminar founded in the already existing Surp Asdvadzadzin monastery. Until its closure in 1916, the seminary trained around 300 students (including 36 vartabeds ). |
| 1895 | Esayan High School , Istanbul | founded by the brothers Hovhannes and Mgrditsch Esayan: Armenian high school [5] |
20th century
| Founded | (University | history | |
| 192? | Faculty of Orthodox Theology , Warsaw | founded after the First World War at the University of Warsaw, it was not until 1954 that teaching resumed together with the Protestant faculty in the new institution of the Christian Theological Academy . | |
| 1926 | Melkonian Educational Institute (MEI), Nicosia | founded by the brothers Krikor and Garabed Melkonian: Armenian high school (until recently) supported by UGAB. | |
| 1930 | Nschan Palanjian Academy, Beirut | Armenian usually called 'Jemaran' (dt. Academy), founded a. a. by Levon Schant , Simon Wratzjan : Armenian high school | |
| 1932 | School for Religious Workers , now NEST, Beirut | Founded in 1932 by several Protestant churches in the Orient, a university exchange program has existed since 2000 | |
| 1938/39 | Seminar of the Paulists and Institute St. Paul Institute for Theology and Philosophy , Harissa | Founded by the Melkite priestly community of the Paulists (Melkites) , the seminary is primarily a theology faculty | |
| 1942 | Holy Trinity Theological College , Addis Ababa | founded by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | |
| 1952 | Johann Ludwig Schneller School , Bekaa (Lebanon) | founded by the Schneller missionaries and supported by the Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Association for Schnellerschulen | |
| 1953 | Holy Cross Seminar , Istanbul | founded by Patriarch Karekin I. Khachadourian : Seminary of the Patriarchate of Constantinople of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Closed by the Turkish state since 1970. | |
| 1955 | Haigazian College , Beirut | founded by the Armenian Church in Lebanon, renamed College University in 1992 and University since 1996 | |
| 1959 | Theodor Schneller School , Amman | founded by the Schneller missionaries and supported by the Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Association for Schnellerschulen | |
| 1960 | Arab Baptist Theological Seminary , Beirut | founded by the Baptist Church | |
| 1965 | University of St. Esprit , Kaslik | founded by the Maronite Order (OLM), took over the training of priests (diocesan) in the Maronite Church | |
| 1988 | Balamand University , Balamand | Founded by the Roman Orthodox Church, founded in 1833, 1821, 1966 as a seminary, but these seminars were repeatedly closed shortly afterwards | |
| 1982 | Mar Elias University , Ibillin, Galilee | founded by Elias Chacour as a higher education institution, university since 2003 |
See also
- The American University of Cairo , founded in Cairo in 1919 , was not founded by a Christian institution.
literature
- Universities in Arabic-speaking countries
- Samir K. Samir: Rôle culturel des chrétiens dans le monde arabe, Cedrac, Beyrouth, 2ieme Ed. 2005
- Armenian (higher) schools
- Levon Panos Dabağyan : Türkiye Ermenileri Tarihi. Kültür Sanat Yayincilik, Istanbul 2003.
- Vahé Oshagan: Modern Armenian literature and intellectual History from 1700 to 1915, in: Richard Hovanissian: The Armenian People, from Ancient to Modern times, vol. II, McMillan 1997.
- Robert H. Hewsen: Armenia: A Historical Atlas. Cloth: 2001, 336 pp., ISBN 978-0-226-33228-4 .
- Zaven Der Yeghiayan: My Patriarchal Memoirs. Mayreni Publishing, Barrington (RI) 2002, ISBN 1-931834-05-9 .
- Vatche Ghazarian (Editor): Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. An Anthology of Transformation. 13th – 19th Centuries. Mayreni Publishing, Waltham (MA) 1997 ISBN 0-9653718-5-9 .
- Razmik Panossian: The Armenians. Columbia University Press, 2006.
Web links
- http://www.chris-kutschera.com/chretiens_syrie.htm
- http://www.sg.k12.tr/index.php?id=1120
- THE SCHNELLER SCHOOLS ( Memento from February 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Russian Orthodox educational institutions