Getronagan Armenian High School

Getronagan is an Armenian minority high school in the Karaköy district of Istanbul, Turkey,[1] The school is attached to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church.

With the sponsorship of Archbishop Nerses Varjabetyan, Getronagan High School opened its doors on September 1, 1886.

[2] As of 2014[update] Getronagan teaches both genders.

[3] The school teaches mainly in Turkish, but it also has Armenian language and literature and religion classes.

English (compulsory), French and Spanish (both optional) are taught as foreign languages.

Getronagan class of 1923 with Kegham Kavafyan as principal. ( Nigoghos Sarafian is pictured to the left of the principal)