Gjerasim Qiriazi

Reverend Gjerasim Qiriazi Gerasim D. Kyrias
Founder of Albanian Protestant Community
Church	Albanian Evangelical Brotherhood (Protestant)
Orders
Ordination	19-20 April 1890 by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Consecration	by John Henry House, Alexander Thomson, et. al.
Personal details
Born	(1858-10-18)October 18, 1858 Monastir, Ottoman Empire (modern Bitola, North Macedonia)
Died	2 January 1894(1894-01-02) (aged 35) Monastir
Buried	Protestant Cemetery, Monastir
Nationality	Albanian
Denomination	Evangelical Protestant
Spouse	Athina Mikelidhi
Children	Stefan Kyrias
Occupation	Preacher, educator
Alma mater	Collegiate and Theological Institute (Samokov, Bulgaria)
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Gjerasim Qiriazi
Nationality	Albanian
Other names	Gerasim D. Kyrias Gerasimos Kyrias
Employer(s)	British and Foreign Bible Society, Turkish Missions Aid Society
Organization	Vëllazëria e Ungjillorëvet
Notable work	Kënkëtore: Hymna per nde Falëtorët të Ungjillorëvet (1893); Captured by Brigands (1901); Krestomaci (1902, 1907)
Movement	Protestantism Albanian National Awakening
Relatives	Brother of: Sevasti Qiriazi, Gjergj Qiriazi, and Parashqevi Qiriazi[1][2]
Awards	Honor of the Nation People's Teacher Order of Freedom, Class I

Gjerasim Qiriazi (in English Gerasim Kyrias) (18 October 1858 – 2 January 1894)^[1] was an Albanian Protestant preacher, Bible translator and distributor, educator, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. In the early 1890s he founded the Albanian Evangelical Protestant community and the first Albanian school for girls in Korçë, Albania, then part of the Ottoman Empire.^[1]