"The contribution of Adamantios Korais to Education" - Zografieo Lykeio

On Friday, October 20, the lecture on 'the contribution of Adamantios Korais to Education' was successfully held by the professor of the Kapodistrian University of Athens 
Mr. Ioanni Yfantopoulos  

in the event hall of "Dimitrios Fragopoulos" of the Zografie school. The professor who aroused the interest of the audience with his speech, 

referred to unknown aspects of the life of the great Greek philologist and the great love he had for Education. 

The wish of Ioannis Korai's father was for his son to engage in trade since his family traded in silks. 

In the year 1771, Adamantios Korai's father decides to expand his business activities from Bezestenio in Izmir to the Netherlands, 

sending his son Adamantius to Amsterdam as representative. There, however, the Genus teacher deals, among other things, with learning foreign languages, while in 1782 he will arrive in Montpellier 

to study medicine.

The rich biography of Io. Yfantopoulos was presented by the 9th grade student of the Painting School, Ioanna Karagounis. 

Mr. Ioannis Yfantopoulos is a professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Athens and former chairman of the Board of the National Center for Social Research. 

Among other things, he was a Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Health. 

Among other things, he was a member of the Senate of the University of Athens and President of the Hellenic Red Cross Hospital.

This lecture was attended by Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, Consul General of Greece in Istanbul, with his wife, the Protopriest of the Ecumenical Throne Fr. Dositheos Anagnostopoulos as well as teachers, parents and friends of Zografio Lyceum.