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<p>new article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Neophytus Vamvas''', Greek: Νεόφυτος Βάμβας, was a [[priest]] and scholar of the [[Church of Greece]] in the nineteenth century. He is noted for his translation of the [[Holy Scripture|Bible]] into modern Greek. <br /> <br /> ==Life==<br /> Nicholas Vamvas was born in 1770 on the island of Chios, an island in the eastern Aegean Sea. He entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1790, at the age of twenty, when he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] and was given the name Neophytus. In 1804, Dcn. Neophytus traveled to France to continue his education. There he met [[w:Adamantios_Korais|Adamantios Korais]], a Greek humanist scholar whose influence contributed to modern Greek literature and language. <br /> <br /> Returning to Greece, Neophytus began a career of teaching, initially in Chios, then at the [[w:Ionian_Academy|Ionian Academy]] of Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands, before continuing teaching at the first Gymnasium of Syros and, then, at the newly established University of Athens. <br /> <br /> Influenced by Adamantios Korais, Neophytus produced his principal contribution to Greek literature in his translation of the Bible into modern Greek, a translation that was authorized in 1924. This endeavor, however, was opposed at that time by conservative circles within the Orthodox Church in Greece, including the priest [[Constantine Oikonomos]]. <br /> <br /> Neophytus Vamvas died on [[January 9]], 1856 in Athens, Greece.<br /> <br /> ==Source==<br /> *[[Wikipedia: Neophytus_Vamvas]] <br /> <br /> [[Category: Priests]]<br /> [[Category: Modern Writers]]</div>

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