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Emmanuel : Stories : The Grand National Academy
The Grand National Academy
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The Greek Orthodox Patriarch Genadios the Scholar founded the Grand National Academy shortly after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It rose to prominence in the 16th century. In 1882 the school was moved to a building on the 5th hill of Constantinople, in the Mouchlio neighborhood, and also became known as the red school because of the color of the building. It is still housed in that building. In its heyday it was the best school in Asia Minor, with 500 to 600 students. Following the pogroms against the Greeks in the 1920s, mid-50s, and 1964, attendance steeply declined. In 1999 the school had seven teachers and 61 students (28 boys and 33 girls).
Translated by Gregory C. Emmanuel from an article in the newspaper Ta Nea, October 10, 2000.
Grandfather
Gregory Emmanuel "Nisiotis"
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