Getronagan is an

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minority high school in the

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district of

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, The school is attached to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church.

Establishment

GETRONAGAN-VARJARAN classe1923 (mai 1921)

With the sponsorship of Archbishop Nerses Varjabetyan, Getronagan High School opened its doors on September 1, 1886. The

Catholicos of All Armenians The Catholicos of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi) ( hy, Ամենայն Հայոց Կաթողիկոս; see #Other names), is the chief bishop and spiritual leader of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the worldwide Arme ...

(the religious leader of all Armenians), Magar, and

Harutyun Archbishop Vehabetyan Harutyun ( hy, Հարություն and in Western Armenian Յարութիւն) also spelled Haroutioun, Harutiun and its variants Harout, Harut and Artin is a common male Armenian name; it means resurrection in Armenian. People with the name ...

, the Patriarch of Armenians in İstanbul, conducted the opening commencement. Minas Cheraz became its first principal.

Today

Getronagan teaches both sexes. In 2001, the school had 182 students. The school teaches mainly in

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, but it also has

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and

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and

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classes.

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(compulsory),

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and

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(both optional) are taught as foreign languages.

Notable alumni

Hrachia Adjarian Hrachia Acharian ( hy, Հրաչեայ Աճառեան, reformed spelling: Հրաչյա Աճառյան ; 8 March 1876 – 16 April 1953) was an Armenian linguist, lexicographer, etymologist, and philologist. An Istanbul Armenian, Acharian stud ...

- linguist * Vazken Andréassian - engineer *

Şahan Arzruni Şahan Arzruni ( hy, Շահան Արծրունի; born 8 June 1943) is an Armenian classical pianist, ethnomusicologist, lecturer, composer, writer and producer, residing in New York City. Early life and education Arzruni (also transliterated ...

- pianist *

Hayko Cepkin Hayko Cepkin (born 11 March 1978) is a Turkish musician of Armenian descent. Beginnings Hayko Cepkin has shared the stage with the likes of Kurban, Öztürk, Birol Namoğlu, Ogün Sanlısoy, Aylin Aslım, Koray Candemir and Demir Demirkan. S ...

- singer * Onnik Chifte-Saraf - writer *

Arshag Chobanian Arshag Chobanian (; 15 July 1872 – 9 June 1954) was an Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, poet, translator, literary critic, playwright, philologist, and novelist. Biography His father was a respected goldsmith. In 1898 he foun ...

- writer * Ara Guler - photographer *

Aram Haigaz Aram Haigaz (Armenian: Արամ Հայկազ - March 22, 1900 - March 10, 1986) was the pen name of Aram Chekenian, an Armenian writer who was born in the town of Shabin Karahisar, Ottoman Empire, and survived the Armenian genocide in 1915. He w ...

- writer * Karekin II Kazanjian - patriarch *

Mıgırdiç Margosyan Mıgırdiç Margosyan (23 December 1938 – 2 April 2022) was a Turkish Armenian language-writer. Background Margosyan was born on 23 December 1938 in the Hançepek district of Diyarbakır, Turkey. He received his primary education at the S� ...

- writer, Principal of Surp Haç *

Misak Metsarents Misak Metsarents or Medzarents ( hy, Միսաք Մեծարենց; 18 January 1886 – 5 July 1908) was a leading Western Armenian Neo-romanticism, neo-romantic poet. Biography Misak Metsarents was born Misak Metsadourian in the village of Pi ...

- poet *

Sarkis Minassian Sarkis Minassian (1873 – 1915), also known as Aram Ashod, was an Armenian journalist, writer, political activist, and educator. He became the chief editor of the newspaper '' Hairenik'' in Watertown, Massachusetts. After returning to the Ottoma ...

- journalist * Kegham Parseghian - writer *

Nigoghos Sarafian Nigoghos Sarafian ( hy, Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան, 1902 in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna, Principality of Bulgaria - 1972 in Paris, France), was an Armenians, Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist. Biography Nigoghos Sarafian was born ...

- writer, poet *

Levon Shant Levon Shant ( hy, Լեւոն Շանթ; born Levon Nahashbedian, then changed to Levon Seghposian; 6 April 1869 – 29 November 1951) was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Societ ...

- writer, poet *

Soghomon Tehlirian Soghomon Tehlirian ( hy, Սողոմոն Թեհլիրեան; April 2, 1896 – May 23, 1960) was an Armenian revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Talaat Pasha, the former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, in Berlin on March 15, 1921. He ...

- assassin of

Talaat Pasha Mehmed Talaat (1 September 187415 March 1921), commonly known as Talaat Pasha or Talat Pasha,; tr, Talat Paşa, links=no was an Ottoman politician and convicted war criminal of the late Ottoman Empire who served as its leader from 1913 t ...

Léon Arthur Tutundjian Léon Arthur Tutundjian ( hy, Լեւոն Թիւթիւնճեան; 1905, Amasya, Ottoman Empire – December 1968, Paris, France) was an Armenian painter who reached fame in France. Life Leon (Levon) Tutundjian was born in Amasya, in Sivas Vilaye ...

- painter * Harutyun Varpurciyan - architect * Nishan Yaubyan - architect * Yerukhan - writer

Notable teachers and faculty

* Yeghia Demirjibashian - poet * Melkon Giurdjian - writer *

Hovhannes Hintliyan Hovhannes Hintliyan ( hy, Յովհաննէս Հինդլիեան, Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire, 1866 – Istanbul, March 16, 1950) was an Armenian teacher, pedagogue, publisher, and educator. He was the founder of Nor Tbrots (New School), a presti ...

- educator (principal) * Zareh Kalfayan - painter * Kegham Kavafyan - architect (principal) *

Vahan Tekeyan Vahan Tekeyan ( hy, Վահան Թէքէեան (January 21, 1878, Constantinople - April 4, 1945, Cairo) was an Armenian poet and public activist. In his lifetime he was the most famous poet of the Armenian diaspora, and he remains a significant sy ...

- writer, poet (principal) * Tovmas Terzian - writer, playwright

References

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Establishment

Today

Notable alumni

Notable teachers and faculty

See also

References