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Gjergj I Thopia
Gjergj, the Albanian name for George, may refer to: * Gjergjan, a municipality in central Albania People with the given name *Gjergj Arianiti (1383–1462), Albanian lord who led several campaigns against the Ottoman Empire. * Gjergj Bojaxhi (born 1974), Albanian politician * Gjergj Bubani (1899–1954), Albanian journalist * Gjergj Cressiac (fl. 1580), Albanian Epirote chief and commander in service of the Duke of Parma of Spain *Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940), Albanian Franciscan friar, writer, educator, and politician. *Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti; 1405–1468), Albanian nobleman and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. * Gjergj Topia (died 1392), Prince of Albania, Lord of Durrës *Gjergj Pekmezi (1872–1938), Albanian linguist, philosopher, folklorist and diplomat * Gjergj Pelini (died 1463), Catholic priest and diplomat for Skanderbeg and Venice * Gjergj Schambj, a legendary hero in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Albania. * Gjergj Suli (1893 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George (given Name)
George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek Georgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to death for his refusal to renounce Christianity, and prior to that, it might have been a theophoric name, with origins in Zeus Georgos, an early title of the Greek god Zeus. Today, it is one of the most commonly used names in the Western world, though its religious significance has waned among modern populations. Its diminutives are Geordie and Georgie, with the former being limited primarily to residents of England and Scotland. The most popular feminine forms in the Anglosphere are Georgia (name), Georgia, Georgiana, and Georgina (name), Georgina. History Etymology and origins Its original Greek form, Georgios, is based on the Greek word ''georgos'' (γεωργός), 'farmer'. The word ''georgos'' itself is ultimately a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergj Suli
Gjergj Suli (1893–1948), also referred to as At Gjergj Suli was an Albanian Orthodox cleric and martyr. Biography Gjergj Suli was born in Lekël village, Vilayet of Yannina, Ottoman Empire today modern southern Albania . His surname suggests his family may have had Souliote origin and came from that region. He took his first studies in his village school, and later attended the Greek language Zosimea gymnasium in Yannina. In 1922, he immigrated to the USA, where he spent 12 years in Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a priest in US after attending a religious school. Suli had close relations with Fan Noli, both being between Orthodox clerics and activists of Vatra, the Pan-Albanian Federation of America. Suli returned to Albania in 1934, where he started working as a priest in his native village, after that in other villages as Labovë, Tërbuq, Hundkuq etc. He was an opponent of the Italian regime established in Albania after the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergji
Gjergji is both a surname and a given name, derived from the Greek ''Georgios'' (Γεώργιος). It is commonly used by Albanian Christians. The name was popularised amongst Albanians by Saint George. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Andromaqi Gjergji (1928–2015), Albanian ethnologist *Dodë Gjergji (born 1963), Albanian Roman Catholic bishop * Helidon Gjergji (born 1970), Albanian artist * Matilda Gjergji (born 2003), Albanian footballer Given name * Gjergji Dëma (born 1971), Albanian footballer * Gjergji Kasneci, German computer scientist *Gjergji Muzaka Gjergji Muzaka (born 26 September 1984) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A product of Partizani Tirana academy, Muzaka begun his career as a talented youth player, which prompted Paris Saint-Germain to s ... (born 1984), Albanian footballer * Gjergji Papa, Albanian politician See also * Gjergj (other) {{Given name, type=both Albanian masculine given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergj Zheji
Gjergj Zheji (1926 – June 10, 2010) was a writer, translator, editor, sequence and folklore researcher, professor. Life Gergj Zheji is the son of Spiro Ballo originally from Zhej of Zagoria and Theodora Petridhi. His father, a military officer educated in Italy during Albanian Kingdom, later promoted to Major-Colonel. Spiro Ballo was invited from Spiro Moisiu to take part in the resistance against the Germans. He was persecuted in the late 40s by the communist regime, and seized property in the Tirana. Gjergj was graduated from "Qemal Stafa" High School and further he followed biennial Pedagogical Institute in Tirana. He worked as a teacher in "Petro Nini Luarasi" High School, editor on criticism sector of the ''"November"'' Magazine of the League of writers and Artists. Then as librettist in Theater of Opera and Ballet. Start working as a lecturer at the Faculty of History and Philology, as a professor and rector of the Academy of Fine Arts. He founded the publishing house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergj Xhuvani
Gjergj Xhuvani (20 December 1963 – 14 August 2019) was an Albanian film director, screenwriter and producer. His 2001 film ''Slogans'' was Albania's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. His 2009 film '' East, West, East: The Final Sprint'' was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the January shortlist. Death Xhuvani died from complications of diabetes Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ... at age 55. References 1963 births 2019 deaths Albanian film directors Albanian screenwriters Albanian film producers People from Tirana Xhuvani family Male screenwriters {{Albania-film-direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian National Awakening
The Albanian National Awakening ( or ), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political, and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian people gathered strength to establish an independent cultural and political life, as well as the country of Albania. Prior to the rise of nationalism, Albania remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries and the Ottoman authorities suppressed any expression of national unity or institutional national conscience by the Albanian people. There is some debate among experts regarding when the Albanian nationalist movement should be considered to have started. Some sources attribute its origins to the revolts against centralisation in the 1830s, others to the publication of the first attempt by Naum Veqilharxhi at a standardized alphabet for Albanian in 1844,Zhelyazkova, Antonina (2000). "Albanian Identities". So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Of Monastir
The Congress of Manastir () was an academic conference held in the city of Manastir (now Bitola) from November 14 to 22, 1908, with the goal of standardizing the Albanian alphabet. November 22 is now a commemorative day in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia, as well as among the Albanian diaspora, known as Alphabet Day (). Prior to the Congress, the Albanian language was represented by a combination of six or more distinct alphabets, plus a number of sub-variants. Participants The congress was held by the Union Association (Albanian language: Bashkimi) literary society at the house of Fehim Zavalani, which served as the headquarters of the union. The participants of the congress were prominent figures of the cultural and political life from Albanian-inhabited territories in the Balkans, as well as throughout the Albanian diaspora. There were fifty delegates, representing twenty-three Albanian-inhabited cities, towns, and cultural and patriotic associations of whom thirty-two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of Albanians in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Albanians in Montenegro, Montenegro, Albanians in Greece, Greece, and Albanians in Serbia, Serbia, as well as in Albanians in Italy, Italy, Albanians in Croatia, Croatia, Albanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, and Albanians in Turkey, Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and the other continents. Albanian language, The language of the Albanians is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. Albanians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergj Qiriazi
Gjergj Qiriazi, known as George D. Kyrias and in Bulgarian Г. Д. Кириас (27 May 1868 – 30 December 1912), was an Albanian patriot, author, educator, translator, Protestant Bible distributor, organizer of the First Congress of Monastir (1908), and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. Early years and education Gjergj Qiriazi was born in Monastir (modern Bitola), Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia), where he attended school. Like his brother Gjerasim, he went on to study at the Collegiate and Theological Institute, a Protestant institution in Samokov, Bulgaria. Alexander Thomson sponsored his education. He attended the school in 1885–1889, but left Bulgaria before graduating, to avoid mandatory conscription into the Bulgarian army. Biography He worked for the American Bible Society in Salonica, and then for the British and Foreign Bible Society, and took over the direction of the first Albanian girls' school in Korçë upon the death of his brother. In 1908 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthodoxy In Albania
Eastern Orthodoxy arrived in the areas of Illyrii proprie dicti or Principality of Arbanon during the period of Byzantine Empire. Those areas fell under the Ottoman Empire during the late medieval times and Eastern Orthodoxy underwent deep sociopolitical difficulties that lasted until the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Between 1913 and until the start of WWII under the newly recognized state of Albania, Eastern Orthodoxy saw a revival and in the 1937 the Autocephaly after a short Eastern Orthodoxy schism and contestation was recognized. Decades of persecution under the Communist state atheism, which started in 1967 and officially ended in December 1990, greatly weakened all religions and their practices especially Christians of Albania. The post-communist period and the lifting of legal and other government restrictions on religion allowed Orthodoxy to revive through institutions and enabled the development of new infrastructure, literature, educational facilities, international tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergj Schambj
Gjergj, the Albanian name for George, may refer to: * Gjergjan, a municipality in central Albania People with the given name *Gjergj Arianiti (1383–1462), Albanian lord who led several campaigns against the Ottoman Empire. * Gjergj Bojaxhi (born 1974), Albanian politician * Gjergj Bubani (1899–1954), Albanian journalist * Gjergj Cressiac (fl. 1580), Albanian Epirote chief and commander in service of the Duke of Parma of Spain *Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940), Albanian Franciscan friar, writer, educator, and politician. *Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti; 1405–1468), Albanian nobleman and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. * Gjergj Topia (died 1392), Prince of Albania, Lord of Durrës *Gjergj Pekmezi (1872–1938), Albanian linguist, philosopher, folklorist and diplomat * Gjergj Pelini (died 1463), Catholic priest and diplomat for Skanderbeg and Venice * Gjergj Schambj, a legendary hero in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Albania. *Gjergj Suli (1893 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergjan
Gjergjan is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to .... At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan. The population at the 2011 census was 5,126. The municipal unit consists of the villages Bujares, Gjonme, Gjergjan, Keshtjelle, Koder Bujares, Muriqan and Thane. The name of the village comes from the Albanian name Gjergj, therefore a Gjergj founded this village. Gjergj is the Albanian name for George. References Former municipalities in Elbasan County Administrative units of Elbasan Villages in Elbasan County {{Elbasan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
