Gjergj Qiriazi Explained

Gjergj Qiriazi
George Kyrias
Birth Date:27 May 1868[1]
Birth Place:Manastir, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Empire[2]
(present-day Bitola, North Macedonia)
Death Place:Manastir, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Empire
(present-day Bitola, North Macedonia)
Nationality:Albanian
Citizenship:Ottoman
Other Names:George Kyrias
Parents:Dhimitër Qiriazi (1836–1904), Maria Qiriazi (Vodica) (1841–1912)
Relations:brother of Tashko Qiriazi, Kostandin Qiriazi, Theofania "Fanka" Qiriazi (Trajan), Gjerasim Qiriazi, Sevasti Qiriazi, Kristo Qiriazi, Naum Qiriazi, Perikli "Pandi" Qiriazi, and Parashqevi Qiriazi[3]
Awards:Nderi i Kombit (Honor of the Nation)

Gjergj Qiriazi, known as George D. Kyrias (27 May 1868 – 30 December 1912), was an Albanian patriot, author, educator, translator, Protestant Bible distributor, organizer of the First Congress of Monastir (1908), and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Early years and education

Gjergj Qiriazi was born in Monastir (modern Bitola), Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia), where he attended school.

Like his brother Gjerasim, he went on to study at the Collegiate and Theological Institute, a Protestant institution in Samokov, Bulgaria. Alexander Thomson sponsored his education. He attended the school in 1885–1889, but left Bulgaria before graduating, to avoid mandatory conscription into the Bulgarian army.[4]

Biography

He worked for the American Bible Society in Salonica, and then for the British and Foreign Bible Society,[5] and took over the direction of the first Albanian girls' school in Korçë upon the death of his brother. In 1908 he was the president of the Albanian Bashkimi club in Monastir and later became vice-president. In 1908, he was a delegate at the Congress of Monastir. Qiriazi also worked as an interpreter at the Austro-Hungarian consulate in Bitola. A Turkish language high school (idadiye) for boys was created in 1908 and Qiriazi was appointed as a teacher of the Albanian language. In 1909, the Young Turk government planned to assassinate Qiriazi for his involvement in the Albanian national movement.[6]

Gjergj Qiriazi was one of the founders of the Albanian printing press Bashkimi i Kombit. He helped his brother Gejrasim to publish two volumes of literature, namely Hristomathi a udhëheqës për ç'do shtëpi shqiptari (Monastir, 1902) and a co-wrote with him a collection of religious verse Kënkë të shenjtëruara (Monastir, 1906).[7]

Qiriazi also translated John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress as Udhëtari, printed in 1927 by Dhori Koti publishers.

Published works

See also

Further reading

References

  1. Web site: 153-vjetori i lindjes së Gjergj Qiriazit. 2021-06-15. Albanian Profile. en.
  2. Book: Elsie, Robert . A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology, and folk culture . 2001. New York University Press . Library of Congress . 0-8147-2214-8 . 210–212 . 2010-10-05.
  3. Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako. Jeta ime (Shkup: ITSHKSH, 2016), p. 327–330
  4. Book: Quanrud . John . Gerasim Kyrias and the Albanian National Awakening, 1858–1894 . 2016 . Institute for Albanian and Protestant Studies . Tirana . 978-0993424823 . 117–118 . Quanrud.
  5. Book: Kyrias-Dako . Sevasti . My Life: the autobiography of the pioneer of female education in Albania . 2022 . IAPS . 978-1946244420 . 95 . 2nd.
  6. Book: Skendi, Stavro. The Albanian national awakening. 1967. Princeton. Princeton University Press. 9781400847761. 363.
  7. Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation by Nathalie Clayer. 2007.https://books.google.com/books?id=umotBF3KFWgC&dq=gjergj+qiriazi&pg=PA618

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