Our Foundation has made a donation to the “Özel Surp Haç Tibrevank Armenian High School Foundation”, which has been providing education for over 300 years, located in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul.
We Continue to Support All Educational Institutions
Regarding the donation, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, Uğur Tatlıcı, stated: “We are pleased to support the ‘Özel Surp Haç Tibrevank Armenian High School Foundation’, which has been operating for centuries to educate the children of the Armenian community living in Istanbul.”
Surp Haç Tibrevank Armenian High School Foundation
In a deed from 1706, we come across the name Muallimhane associated with a school called Surp Haç. The school building was destroyed by the famous fires of Üsküdar in 1791, 1825, and 1846. The building was rebuilt for the last time in 1892. In 1919, part of the school was converted into an orphanage, a function it maintained until 1938. In 1953, through the efforts of Patriarch Karekin I. Haçaduryan, Surp Haç School was transformed into a theological school with middle school, high school, and theology divisions. The theology division was closed in 1967, and the school continued to exist as Surp Haç High School. In 1987-1988, the school became co-educational and currently offers a four-year high school education. In 2003, the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Surp Haç Theological School was celebrated. The foundation status of the institution was officially recognized again by the Directorate General of Foundations in 2012.
