Gjerasim Qiriazi

Reverend

Gjerasim Qiriazi
Gerasim D. Kyrias
Founder of Albanian Protestant Community
ChurchAlbanian Evangelical Brotherhood (Protestant)
Orders
Ordination19-20 April 1890
by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Consecrationby John Henry House, Alexander Thomson, et. al.
Personal details
Born(1858-10-18)October 18, 1858
Died2 January 1894(1894-01-02) (aged 35)
Monastir
BuriedProtestant Cemetery, Monastir
NationalityAlbanian
DenominationEvangelical Protestant
SpouseAthina Mikelidhi
ChildrenStefan Kyrias
OccupationPreacher, educator
Alma materCollegiate and Theological Institute (Samokov, Bulgaria)
SignatureGjerasim Qiriazi Gerasim D. Kyrias's signature
Gjerasim Qiriazi
NationalityAlbanian
Other namesGerasim D. Kyrias
Gerasimos Kyrias
Employer(s)British and Foreign Bible Society, Turkish Missions Aid Society
OrganizationVëllazëria e Ungjillorëvet
Notable workKënkëtore: Hymna per nde Falëtorët të Ungjillorëvet (1893); Captured by Brigands (1901); Krestomaci (1902, 1907)
MovementProtestantism
Albanian National Awakening
RelativesBrother of: Sevasti Qiriazi, Gjergj Qiriazi, and Parashqevi Qiriazi[1][2]
Awards Honor of the Nation
People's Teacher
Order of Freedom, Class I

Gjerasim Qiriazi (in English Gerasim Kyrias) (18 October 1858 – 2 January 1894)[1] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Elsie, Robert (2001). A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology, and folk culture. Library of Congress: New York University Press. pp. 210–212. ISBN 0-8147-2214-8. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  2. ^ Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako. Jeta ime (Shkup: ITSHKSH, 2016), p. 327–330