Phanar Greek Orthodox College

Phanar Greek Orthodox College or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum, known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople, is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in , Turkey.
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  • Type: College
  • Description: Greek Orthodox school
  • Also known as: “Megale tou Genous Schole”, “Megali tou Genous Scholi”, “Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople”, “The Red Castle”, and “The Red School”
  • Address: Fener, İstanbul, Fatih

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Church
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Saint Mary of the Mongols (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα; Turkish name: Kanlı Kilise, is an Eastern Orthodox church in .

Church
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The Patriarchal Cathedral is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in , , formerly Constantinople. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the whose leader is regarded… is situated 210 metres east of Phanar Greek Orthodox College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fener and Unkapanı.

Quarter
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, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the in the district of in , . The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 12,024. It is in the European part of .

Phanar Greek Orthodox College

Latitude
41.02929° or 41° 1′ 46″ north
Longitude
28.94939° or 28° 56′ 58″ east
Operator
T.C. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı
Open location code
8GHC2WHX+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 708006751
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q3555000
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Phanar Greek Orthodox College” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلية الفنار للروم الأرثوذكس”
  • Armenian: “Ֆեների հունական ուղղափառ դպրոց”
  • Asturian: “Colexu Griegu Ortodoxu del Fanar”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая школа нацыі”
  • Bulgarian: “Велика народна школа”
  • Catalan: “Liceu Privat Grec de Fener”
  • Catalan: “Universitat ortodoxa grega de Fener”
  • Chinese: “法那尔希腊正教学院”
  • Czech: “Fenerská řeckopravoslavná kolej”
  • Dutch: “Phanar Grieks Orthodox College”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كلية الفنار للروم الارثوذكس”
  • Esperanto: “Grekortodoksa Lernejo Fener”
  • Esperanto: “La Ruĝa Lernejo”
  • French: “Collège grec orthodoxe de Phanar”
  • German: “Griechisch-Orthodoxes Kollegium Phanar”
  • German: “Griechisch-Orthodoxes Kollegium”
  • German: “Griechisches Gymnasium Fener”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλη του Γένους Σχολή”
  • Greek: “Πατριαρχική Ακαδημία”
  • Greek: “Πατριαρχική Μεγάλη του Γένους Σχολή”
  • Italian: “Scuola greco ortodossa di Fener”
  • Latin: “Schola Graecae gentis Phanarii”
  • Romanian: “Colegiul ortodox grec din Fanar”
  • Russian: “Великая школа нации”
  • Turkish: “Birinci Akademi”
  • Turkish: “Fener Rum Erkek Lisesi”
  • Turkish: “Kırmızı Mektep”
  • Turkish: “Kırmızı Okul”
  • Turkish: “Mekteb-i Kebir”
  • Turkish: “Özel Fener Rum Lisesi”
  • Turkish: “Patrikhane Akademisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика школа нації”

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