[3] The main goal of the institution was to provide national and religious education to the personnel that would teach to the Greek schools of the region.

[1] Moreover, Zografos provided on annual base scholarships to 60 assiduous students, 30 females and 30 males, with complete coverage of their living costs.

[4][5] The latter side, supported Albanian education[5] and launched accusations against the Zographeion, claiming that the teaching stuff was fostering anti-Ottoman rebellious activities.

[4] Disagreements emerged when the newly installed Orthodox Bishop of Gjirokaster, Kosmas, accused the teaching stuff of the Zographeion to the Ottoman authorities, of being incapable to provide high level education and of anti-Ottoman activity.

As a result of this situation, the Ottoman authorities closed the institution in 1891, while the death of Zografos in 1897 marked the definite end of this initiative.