Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens
| Rizarios Ecclesiastical School Ριζάρειος Εκκλησιαστική Σχολή | |
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| Type | Public selective High School (present) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Orthodox Christianity |
| Established | 1841 |
| Founders | Manthos and Georgios Rizaris |
| Principal | Nicholaos Giannis |
| Website | rizarios.gr |
Rizarios (or Rizareios) Ecclesiastical School of Athens (Greek: Ριζάρειος Εκκλησιαστική Σχολή Αθηνών ή Ριζάρειος Σχολή) is a Greek Orthodox historical educational institution founded at 1841, by Manthos and Georgios Rizaris, who was members of the Society of Friends (Filiki Eteria).[1][2]
Notable people and graduates[edit]
- Xenophon Zolotas
- Nectarios of Aegina
- Georgios Gennadios
- Neophytos Doukas
- Eleftherios Stavridis
- Theodore II of Alexandria
- Chrysostomos I of Athens
- Ieronymos I of Athens
- Archbishop Makarios of Australia
- Metropolitan Theophylactos of Australia
- Serafim Papakostas
- Stefan Ramniceanu
- Gregorios Papamichael
- Visarion Xhuvani
- Anastasios Tagis
- Theodoros Papagiannis
- Ioannis Theodorakopoulos
- Patroklos Karantinos
References[edit]
- ^ "The Rizarios Ecclesiastical School was founded in 1841 by the merchant Georgios Rizaris, who was a member of the Society of Friends, a secret organization founded in 1814, in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent state. - Encyclopaedia Philatelica". www.encyclopaediaphilatelica.net. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "The design of the surroundings of Rizarios Ecclesiastical School and a proposal for its regeneration". www.actahort.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.