The Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice (, ) is a research centre owned and funded by the Greek state in

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, focusing on

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

and Post-Byzantine/Modern Greek studies. It is the only Greek research institute abroad. The institute was founded in 1951, and operates under the auspices of the

Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs () is a government department of Greece, headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The ministry has its headquarters in Athens. The incumbent minister is Giorgos Gerapetritis in the Second Cabin ...

, with its educational activity coordinated by the Greek Ministry of Education. The Institute owns several buildings associated with the formerly vibrant

Greek community of Venice Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

, most notably the church of

San Giorgio dei Greci San Giorgio dei Greci () is a church in the ''sestiere'' (neighborhood) of Castello, Venice, northern Italy. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci, the Confraternity of the Greeks in Venice. Around this period there was a similar church in Na ...

and the

Flanginian School The Flanginian School (; ) was a Greek educational institution that operated in Venice, Italy, from 1664–1665 to 1905. The Flanginian produced several teachers who contributed to the modern Greek Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries. Ba ...

. It also operates its own museum and archive, which house a collection of 300

icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic Church, Catholic, and Lutheranism, Lutheran churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, mother of ...

s and numerous manuscripts, most notably a copy of the '' Romance of Alexander the Great''.

Publications

* ''Θησαυρίσματα: του Ελληνικού Ινστιτούτου Βυζαντινών και Μεταβυζαντινών Σπουδών''

References

Bibliography

External links

Homepage

Youtube
{{Authority control 1951 establishments in Greece 1951 establishments in Italy Buildings and structures in Castello, Venice Greece–Italy relations Research institutes in Italy Research institutes established in 1951 Organisations based in Venice Education in Venice Museums in Venice Byzantine studies Modern Greek studies

Publications

See also

References

Bibliography

External links