Historical vEUs

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General instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DIARY ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasio Skotoussas (Greece). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Collège T.Lautrec (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Liceul Teoretic A.Ghica (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . .

6th Junior High School (Greece) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lycée Evariste de Parny (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasium Georgianum (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . .

QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Collège T.Lautrec (France) . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

Liceul Teoretic A.Ghica (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasio Skotoussas (Greece). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6th Junior High School (Greece) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RESEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6th Junior High School (Greece). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Liceul Teoretic A.Ghica (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . .

Collège T.Lautrec (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasio Skotoussas (Greece) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lycée Evariste de Parny (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasium Georgianum (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . .

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OUR REACTIONS

Collège T.Lautrec (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Liceul Teoretic A.Ghica (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

6th Junior High School (Greece) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasio Skotoussas (Greece). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LETTERS

Collège T.Lautrec (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Liceul Teoretic A.Ghica (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasio Skotoussas (Greece). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6th Junior High School (Greece) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gymnasium Georgianum (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . .

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“The past is never where you think you left it.”
― Katherine Anne Porter

Discover a famous building or place with a special story...

The master or the mistress of the place who lived there many years or centuries ago is sitting at a window. He or she is writing an entry in a secret diary.

The secret diary has been lost or it has simply disappeared.
Surprisingly, it is discovered in 2024 by a bunch of teenagers.
They are so puzzled that they decide to write a letter from the future
to its diarist.

September 1817

The metropolitan of Serres, Chrysanthos, asked me to rush to Dovista village and meet Emmanuel Papas. He had an important message for him.
I set off to meet him and when I arrived at the foothills of mount Menikion I saw Dovista. I asked a villager who
I met at the square where I could find Emmanuel Papas’s house.
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Following his directions, I reached my destination.I walked through a big wooden yard gate and I was warmly welcomed by Emmanuel.
I told him that his life and his family’s life was in danger because of the new Ottoman sultan who was very greedy and never satisfied no matter how much money Papas lent him in order to have the situation in Serres under control and as quiet as possible...
His wife Faedra wanted to know which his intentions were and he said :
“Our nation must find its way. Our nation is above everything. Don’t be afraid, I have a plan. Dimitris Ypsilantis, our leader, wrote to me to get ready for the revolution but I will go to Constantinople first to talk to Patriarch Chrigorios and get his blessing.”
He advised his sons to be in charge of his shops in Serres, Vienna and Constantinople. He also advised his wife to be like a mother and a father for their 11 children as long as he would be away.