Bessarion Makris ( el, Βησσαρίων Μακρής, 1635- 1699) was a

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scholar and theologian. He was born in Ioannina, northwestern

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, center of the 17th-18th century

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. In 1672 Makris became the head of the Goumas (later known as Balanos) School. He composed a manual named ''Σταχυολογία'' (Set of Gleanings), printed in 1686 in

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. This work introduced new teaching methods with a series of questions and answers on Greek grammar and was considered a create success in Greek education and especially among the schools of Ioannina. Makris got also involved in various theological discussions with another local scholar,

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, who succeeded him as head of the Goumas School in 1683. At 1699 he published the philosophical work ''Περί των τριών Αρετών Πίστεως Αγάπης και Ελπίδος'' (On the three Virtues: Faith, Love and Hope).

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