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inscription in capital letters: GREEK GYMNASIUM OF MONASTIR. Parallel
to this lettering and concentric with the outer rim of the circle is an inner
circle, containing the outline of an owl standing on an olive branch. 67
Figure 22. The Greek Gymnasium of Monastir
c) The “Margaritis Dimitsas Private School” in Monastir
In 1851 Margaritis Dimitsas, a geographer and historian from Ochrid,
founded a private school (the “Margaritis Dimitsas Private School”) with
complete primary and middle school sections plus one year of secondary
67. Theodoros Vosdos Archives, Florina – Leaving Certificate from the Greek School
of Monastir 1905; (Historical Archives of Macedonia) / P (Archives of the Metropolitan
Diocese of Pelagonia) 1876-1913, file 37 – Report for Year One of the Greek School
of Monastir, 1912; Violetta Smyrniou-Papathanasiou Archives, Thessaloniki, and Archives
of the Association of Monastiriotes of Thessaloniki “I Karteria”, Thessaloniki – Greek Gymnasium
of Monastir Leaving Certificate; Antonis M. Koltsidas, The education, 387-388.