Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens explained

Rizarios Ecclesiastical School
Native Name:	Ριζάρειος Εκκλησιαστική Σχολή
City:	Athens (1844–1960) Chalandri (1960–present)
Type:	Public selective High School (present)
Established:	1841
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

• 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

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 2022-10-06 . www.encyclopaediaphilatelica.net.
2. Web site: The design of the surroundings of Rizarios Ecclesiastical School and a proposal for its regeneration . 2022-10-06 . www.actahort.org.