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The Epiphanious School is…

The Epiphanius School was one of the most famous schools of Ioannina. It was called Small in contrast to the Great School of Emmanuel Gyuma, which was later founded. There was another, synonymous school in Athens, whose founder was also Epiphanius. It was founded in 1648 by Abbot Epiphanius, who had emigrated to Venice, and operated until 1758. The first teacher was Spyridon Triantafyllou from Corfu, who had such great reputation that even non-religious students wished to attend the school. Leontaris Glykis, brother of the printer Nikolaos in Venice, succeeded Abbot Epiphanius following his death in 1671. The next teacher was Parthenios Katsoulis, a scholar and a writer. Other brilliant teachers of the School were Balanos Vassilopoulos, Tryfon from Metsovo, Anastasios Balanos and Kosmas Oikonomos of Ioannina. The school later faced financial difficulties and reached a stalemate; thus stopped operating.