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Irlandos: New page: '''Neophytus Vamvas''' was a Greek cleric and educator of the 19th century. Vamvas was born on the island of Chios in 1770. His name in the world was Nikolaos. He w...

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New page: '''Neophytus Vamvas''' was a Greek cleric and educator of the 19th century. Vamvas was born on the island of Chios in 1770. His name in the world was Nikolaos. He w...

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'''Neophytus Vamvas''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] cleric and educator of the [[19th century]].

Vamvas was born on the island of [[Chios]] in [[1770]]. His name in the world was Nikolaos. He was ordained a [[deacon]] and age 20 and in [[1804]] went to study in France where he met [[Adamantios Korais]].

On his return to Greece, he taught in Chios, at the Ionian Academy of [[Corfu]], at the first Gymnasium of [[Syros]] and later in the newly-founded [[University of Athens]].

His main contribution to Greek literature is his translation of the Bible into modern [[Greek language|Greek]], an endeavour that was opposed at that time by ultraconservative circles within the [[Greek Orthodox Church]].

He died in [[Athens]] in [[1856]].

[[Category:1770 births|Vamvas, Neophytus]]
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 On his return to Greece, he taught in Chios, at the Ionian Academy of [[Corfu]], at the first Gymnasium of [[Syros]] and later in the newly-founded [[University of Athens]].
-His main contribution to Greek literature is his translation of the Bible into modern [[Greek language|Greek]], an endeavour that was opposed at that time by ultraconservative circles within the [[Greek Orthodox Church]].
+His main contribution to Greek literature is his translation of the Bible into modern [[Greek language|Greek]], an endeavour that was opposed at that time by ultraconservative circles within the [[Greek Orthodox Church]]. Vamvas started his work on the translation of the scriptures in [[1831]]. The work was completed and published in [[1850]] through the assistance of the British and Foreign Bible Society. It is still in use today by the [[Greek Evangelical Church]] and others.
-He died in [[Athens]] in [[1856]].
+Vamvas died in [[Athens]] in [[1856]].