page_title: Evangelical School of Smyrna
section_title: Later period (1830–1922)
hierarchical_section_title: Evangelical School of Smyrna / Later period (1830–1922)
caption_attribution_description: English: Graduates and teacher of the Evangelical School of Syrna (Izmir), 1878. Ελληνικά: Απόφοιτοι και Καθηγητές της Ευαγγελικής Σχολής Σμύρνης, 1878.
context_page_description: The Evangelical School was a Greek educational institution established in 1733 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, now Izmir, Turkey. The school, initially an Orthodox Church-approved institution, attracted major figures of the Modern Greek Enlightenment. During the late 19th-early 20th century it became the most important Greek school in the city, possessing an archaeological museum, a natural science collection and a library, which contained some 50,000 volumes and 180 manuscripts. The Evangelical School ceased its operation in 1922. It currently serves as a Turkish school.
context_section_description: With the years the school adopted more progressive and rationalistic educational methods, as well as the teaching of modern mathematics and sciences in the 'Western' manner, which at times attracted the attention of the conservative circles of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
  At the late 19th and early 20th century, Smyrna was a major commercial and educational center of the Greek world. The city was the home of 67 well-equipped Greek school units in addition to 4 female schools. The Evangelical school during this period was the most important Greek educational institution in the city. Apart from the schools, it possessed an archaeological museum, significant natural science collection, and an excellent library which contained some 50,000 volumes and 180 manuscripts.
  The school closed down after the Turks regained possession of the city in 1922 and most of the Greek population emigrated to Greece proper. In memory of the Evangelical School, a new school was founded in Nea Smyrni district, Athens, in 1934 called New Evangelical School. On the other hand, the educational facilities in Izmir today used to be Turkish public schools.
caption: Graduates and teachers, with the headmaster Matthaios Paranikas, 1878.
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