Retheos Berberian

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Retheos Berberian

Retheos (Efendi) Berberian ( Armenian Ռեթէոս Յ. Պէրպէրեան ; born October 10, 1848 in Hasköy (Constantinople); † April 6, 1907 in Üsküdar (Constantinople)) was an Armenian educator, publicist, writer and translator in Constantinople . His motto was: Without education, there is no life, no happiness! (Առանց կրթութեան չկայ կեանք, չկայ երջանկութիւն)

Life

Retheos Berberian received his basic education at the Nersesyan School in Hasköy, a district of Constantinople. He was a classmate of the later poet Teotoros Zorayan. One of his teachers was the linguist Madatya Karakaşyan (1818–1903). Retheos Berberian worked in 1865 as an assistant teacher for Armenian students at the Galatasaray High School in Constantinople. In 1866 he taught at the Nersesyan School, 1867 in Edirne, 1868 again in Hasköy, 1872–1874 at the Panosyan and Akabyan Schools, 1874–1875 he was a teacher at the Tarkmançats School. From 1869 he wrote for the newspapers Jamanak, Masis, Manzume-i Efkâr, Arevelyan Poğ.

In October 1876 Retheos Berberian founded his own school in Üsküdar. Retheos Berberian designed the curriculum and teaching methodology according to his own pedagogical ideas. His educational ideals were biblically inspired: "What is truthful, what is honorable, what is just, what is pure, what is lovable, what has a good reputation, be it a virtue, be it a praise - be careful!" (Philippians 4: 8) . Retheos Berberian turned against materialism . A Berberian school qualification should allow entry to foreign universities. Some of the best Armenian writers of the day have graduated from the Berberian School.

The poet Matteos Zarifian (1894-1924) attended school. He trained as an athlete for the Olympics. At the age of 27 he was diagnosed with tuberculosis.

In 1879 the school was transferred to the neighborhood of the American Robert College .

On August 28, 1883, he married Zaruhi Panosyan (1864-1899). Her later son was Shahan R. Berberian . In the same year he translated Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea into Armenian. In 1907, when his school was founded 25th year, Retheos Berberian was honored for his achievements by Sultan Abdülhamid II .

Retheos Berberian was very active in the Armenian community. In 1870 he was one of the founders of the Armenian publication Kordzaser von Hasköy. He was elected to the Education Commission of the Armenian Patriarchate four times (1882-1884, 1884-1885, 1891-1894, 1894-1896).

In 1896 he traveled to Geneva with his wife for two years , where he opened a school and a student residence for his students. His wife died on March 12, 1899.

Retheos Berberian died on April 6, 1907 in Üsküdar. Malachia Ormanian , Patriarch of Constantinople, called him "father of scholars" and "master teacher". The Berberian School was temporarily closed from 1914 to 1918, moved to Cairo in 1924 and closed permanently in 1934 for financial reasons.

Works

  • Money , 1872
  • The first leaves , Constantinople 1877
  • The first conference , 1880
  • Popular entertainment , 1880
  • Misery and Mercy , 1880
  • State economy , 1883
  • People and Objects , 1885
  • French-Armenian translation book , 1885
  • Words of an educator , Vienna 1901
  • Thoughts and Memories , 1903
  • School and Literature , 1907

swell

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  • Agop J. Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk and Nourhan Ouzounian: The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Vol. 3: From The Eighteenth Century To Modern Times . Wayne State University Press, 2005
  • Simon Kapamadjian: Գամեր. Փոքրիկ ճամբորդը արեւելքի մեջ [ Kamer - A Little Journey in the East ]. Sakaian Publishing House, Constantinople 1911
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