Gjerasim Qiriazi (in English Gerasim Kyrias) (18 October 1858 – 2 January 1894) was an Albanian Protestant preacher, Bible translator and distributor, educator, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening . In the early 1890s he founded the Albanian Evangelical Protestant community and the first Albanian school for girls in Korçë , Albania , then part of the Ottoman Empire .
9-406: Qiriazi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gjerasim Qiriazi (1858–1894), Albanian Protestant preacher Gjergj Qiriazi (1868–1912), was an Albanian patriot Parashqevi Qiriazi (1880–1970), Albanian teacher Sevasti Qiriazi (ca. 1871–1949), was an Albanian patriot [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
18-583: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Gjerasim Qiriazi Qiriazi attended a Greek school of his native Manastir , Macedonia. He then went to Samokov , Bulgaria , to attend the Collegiate and Theological Institute. After he finished his studies, in 1883, he started to work for the British and Foreign Bible Society in Korçë . On November 15, 1884, while traveling to Lake Ohrid , he
27-643: The Evangelical Brotherhood of Albania (VUSH), the Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church (KPUK) (founded in 1992 and 2005 respectively)—and other Albanian Evangelical entities—regard Gjerasim Qiriazi as their spiritual founder. The Korça School for Girls was immortalized in Albanian cinema by the beloved film Mësonjëtorja (The School) (1979). The character inspired by Gjerasim Qiriazi was "Stefan Bardhi" and
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54-498: The first Albanian school for girls in Korçë was founded by Qiriazi and his sister, Sevasti Qiriazi . He also had a younger sister, Parashqevi Qiriazi , who started to work at the girls' school ( Albanian : Shkolla e vashave ) when she was only 11. He died at an early age from tuberculosis . In addition to Captured by Brigands , Qiriazi wrote an Albanian language grammar, poetry, songs and school books. A selection of his writings
63-806: Was kidnapped by bandits, who held him for ransom for over a year. This episode was narrated by Gjerasim in Captured by Brigands and published after his death in English in 1901. In 1889, he commissioned the printing of the book of Genesis and the Gospel of Matthew in Albanian Tosk , and the Gospel of Matthew in Aromanian , which were printed by "Dituria" in Bucharest on behalf of BFBS. In 1891,
72-1261: Was played by actor Gulielm Radoja . Consistent with the official atheistic and censorial policies of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania , all religion was portrayed as anti-Albanian and the school was identified as completely non-religious ( laike ). Guljelm Radoja Look for Guljelm Radoja on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Guljelm Radoja in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
81-446: Was published by his brother, Gjergj , in the collection Hristomathi a udhëheqës për ç'do shtëpi shqiptari (Monastir, 1902). Both brothers co-wrote the song collection Kënkë të shenjtëruara (Monastir, 1906). When Gjerasim Qiriazi founded an Evangelical Brotherhood in 1891 for Albanians, Albanian-inhabited territories were still under Ottoman rule. Now that Albania and Kosovo are sovereign states , Protestant communities there, such as
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