Did you know that there is debate around the existence of the krifo sxolio (secret Greek schools of the Ottoman Empire)

[efhernandez_]

A friend of mine actually brought this up to me. There has been recent discussion that the existence of the secret schools (krifa sxolia), where Greek children were allegedly taught how to read and write in Greek during the Ottoman Empire is actually a bit contested. Some scholars say that the Ottoman Empire never actually forbid Greek people from teaching the language, and that the secret schools didn't really exist in the way that we were taught. Others say that the Ottoman Empire forbid any Greek nationalism and that the schools were not teaching the language but were teaching Greeks about how to revolt against the empire in secret.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

I didn't know that this was something that existed, but it's very interesting. I would like to learn more! I know that there were tons of secret churches.