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Saturday, March 25

Greek Independence Week 2023: The Teachers of the Greek Peoples
Time:
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
https://pahellenicfoundation.org/Teachers/
Sponsored by:
Global Hub and Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs along with Greek Nationality Room Committee and American Hellenic Foundation of Western Pennsylvania; European Art Center of Greece; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Contact:
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs
Contact Phone:
4126246000
Contact Email:
nationalityrooms@pitt.edu

Within the first 100 years following the fall of Constantinople, many of the teachers of the geography inside which Greek people lived, fled to the west, north, and east. Greece was largely orphaned of education opportunities. Together with the church clergy, the cadre of the few remaining teachers began the monumental task of rebuilding the education of the Greek people. By the start of the Revolution, this cadre of the Teachers of the People swelled to more than 1000 lesser-known educators-heroes whose role in the Greek peoples? struggle for Independence is just beginning to be discovered.

Join us to commemorate the lesser-known Teachers of the People:

MARCH 25, 2023 | 7 P.M. "The Lesser-Known Teachers of t he People: An Introduction and a Reflection for Modern Times"

MARCH 26, 2023 | 7 P.M. "The Awakening of Hellenic National Identity and the Education of the Greek Nation"

March 27, 2023 | 7 P.M. "Chrysostom Tsiter of Austria: Unveiling Three Great Teachers of the Greek People - Anastasios Gordios, Chrysanthos Aitolos, and Fragkiskos Kokkos"

March 28, 2023 | 7 P.M. "Epistemiologic Mythology and the "Legend" of the Hidden School: The Examples in Attica"

March 29, 2023 | 9 P.M. "A Musical Tetraodeon to the Kollyvades Fathers as Teachers of the Greek People"