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[[Image:The Bulgarian secondary school for boys in Thessalonica.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Bulgarian Men's High School "[[Saints Cyril and Methodius]]" in [[Thessaloniki]] in the beginning of the 20th century]]
[[Image:The Bulgarian secondary school for boys in Thessalonica.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Bulgarian Men's High School "[[Saints Cyril and Methodius]]" in [[Thessaloniki]] in the beginning of the 20th century]]


The '''Sts. [[Cyril and Methodius]] Bulgarian Men's High School of [[Thessaloniki]]''' ({{lang-bg|Солунска българска мъжка гимназия „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“}}, ''Solunska balgarska mazhka gimnaziya „Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiy“'') <ref>[http://www.esnips.com/doc/b26f6de5-c0f0-4a65-976d-9cf11a2f7c68/direkzija direkzija]</ref> was the first [[Bulgaria]]n high school in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]]. One of the most influential Bulgarian educational centres in Macedonia and Southern Thrace, it was founded in 1880 in [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Thessaloniki (today in [[Greece]]) and existed until 1913. The high school was subsequently moved to the Bulgarian town of [[Blagoevgrad|Gorna Dzhumaya]] in [[Bulgaria]] where it exists even nowadays as "Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Humanitarian High School". During its initial function in Macedonia it was considered one of the most prestigious high schools in the area with much support from the local [[community]] as well as social and political power.
The '''Sts. [[Cyril and Methodius]] Bulgarian Men's High School of [[Thessaloniki]]''' ({{lang-bg|Солунска българска мъжка гимназия „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“}}, ''Solunska balgarska mazhka gimnaziya „Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiy“'') <ref>[http://www.esnips.com/doc/b26f6de5-c0f0-4a65-976d-9cf11a2f7c68/direkzija direkzija]</ref> was the first [[Bulgaria]]n high school in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]]. One of the most influential Bulgarian educational centres in Macedonia and Southern Thrace, it was founded in 1880 in [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Thessaloniki (today in [[Greece]]) and existed until 1913.

The first [[Bulgarian language]] school in Thessaloniki was founded in 1871 next to the church of Agios Athanasios. The high school began holding classes around 1881 in a building in the same neighborhood. In 1910, the school had eight classrooms, twelve teachers, and 133 students.<ref>{{Citation | last = Demetriades | first = Vasiles | title = Topographia tēs Thessalonikēs kata tēn epochē tēs Tourkokratias, 1430-1912 (Topography of Thessaloniki in the Age of the Turkokratia) | series = Makedonikē Bibliothēkē | volume = 61 | date = 1983 | publisher = Hetaireia Makedonikōn Spoudōn | place = Thessaloniki | year = 1983 | page = 401 | language= Greek }}</ref> Following 1913, the high school was moved to the Bulgarian town of [[Blagoevgrad|Gorna Dzhumaya]] in [[Bulgaria]], where it exists today as "Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Humanitarian High School".


Among the initiators, principals and teachers at the high school were noted Bulgarian intellectuals, scientists, and public figures such as [[Kuzman Shapkarev]], [[Vasil Kanchov]], [[Grigor Parlichev]], and [[Konstantin Velichkov]]. The school's graduates include [[Gotse Delchev]], [[Dame Gruev]], [[Todor Aleksandrov]], [[Andrey Lyapchev]], [[Ivan Mihailov|Ivan Mihaylov]], [[Petar Darvingov]], [[Anton Ketskarov]] and other key figures of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement and politics of the early 20th century.
Among the initiators, principals and teachers at the high school were noted Bulgarian intellectuals, scientists, and public figures such as [[Kuzman Shapkarev]], [[Vasil Kanchov]], [[Grigor Parlichev]], and [[Konstantin Velichkov]]. The school's graduates include [[Gotse Delchev]], [[Dame Gruev]], [[Todor Aleksandrov]], [[Andrey Lyapchev]], [[Ivan Mihailov|Ivan Mihaylov]], [[Petar Darvingov]], [[Anton Ketskarov]] and other key figures of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement and politics of the early 20th century.

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The Bulgarian Men's High School "Saints Cyril and Methodius" in Thessaloniki in the beginning of the 20th century

The Sts. Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki (Bulgarian: Солунска българска мъжка гимназия „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“, Solunska balgarska mazhka gimnaziya „Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiy“) [1] was the first Bulgarian high school in Macedonia. One of the most influential Bulgarian educational centres in Macedonia and Southern Thrace, it was founded in 1880 in Ottoman Thessaloniki (today in Greece) and existed until 1913.

The first Bulgarian language school in Thessaloniki was founded in 1871 next to the church of Agios Athanasios. The high school began holding classes around 1881 in a building in the same neighborhood. In 1910, the school had eight classrooms, twelve teachers, and 133 students.[2] Following 1913, the high school was moved to the Bulgarian town of Gorna Dzhumaya in Bulgaria, where it exists today as "Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Humanitarian High School".

Among the initiators, principals and teachers at the high school were noted Bulgarian intellectuals, scientists, and public figures such as Kuzman Shapkarev, Vasil Kanchov, Grigor Parlichev, and Konstantin Velichkov. The school's graduates include Gotse Delchev, Dame Gruev, Todor Aleksandrov, Andrey Lyapchev, Ivan Mihaylov, Petar Darvingov, Anton Ketskarov and other key figures of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement and politics of the early 20th century.

References

  1. ^ direkzija
  2. ^ Demetriades, Vasiles (1983), Topographia tēs Thessalonikēs kata tēn epochē tēs Tourkokratias, 1430-1912 (Topography of Thessaloniki in the Age of the Turkokratia), Makedonikē Bibliothēkē (in Greek), vol. 61, Thessaloniki: Hetaireia Makedonikōn Spoudōn, p. 401{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)