Online Quran classes in Greece

Quran lessons for Pakistanis living in Greece

Pakistanis have been living and working in Greece for decades. Most live in and around Athens and Piraeus, in neighbourhoods and suburbs such as Kypseli, Peristeri, Nikaia, Aspropyrgos and Acharnes, while others work in farming areas of the Peloponnese and central Greece, on islands during the tourist season, or in towns across the mainland. Many trace their roots to Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Jhelum, Sialkot and the villages around Kharian.

Some have their whole family with them in Greece. Others work there while their wife and children live in Pakistan, sending money home and visiting when they can. Both kinds of family share the same wish: that the children read the Quran correctly, and that the adults keep up their own recitation too. One-to-one online Quran classes make that possible wherever each person happens to be. OQC.com.pk teaches from Pakistan to students worldwide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on a live video call with a qualified teacher.

Fitting Quran lessons around Greek school and tutoring

Greek children usually go to school in the morning and finish in the early afternoon. Many then spend part of the afternoon or evening at a frontistirio, the private tutoring centres that are a normal part of school life in Greece, for English, maths or exam preparation. With school, tutoring and homework, a child's day fills up quickly, and travelling to a Quran class at a fixed hour is often the first thing to be dropped.

A 30-minute lesson at home is much easier to keep. Common choices for families in Greece are:

• Straight after school: a short lesson after lunch, before tutoring begins.
• Early evening: once tutoring and homework are done.
• Morning: mothers and other adults while the children are at school.
• Early morning or late night: working men before or after their shift.
• Weekends: for families who prefer Saturday or Sunday lessons; see weekend Quran classes.

Because we teach at every hour, the time is your choice. If tutoring days change with the new school year, the lesson can move too, and our team first tries to keep the same teacher at the new time.

Learning as an adult while working in Greece

Many Pakistani men in Greece work long and irregular hours in farms, workshops, construction, shops, restaurants or delivery. Some never had the chance to learn the Quran properly as children; others learned to read but want to correct their Tajweed or memorise more surahs. A private lesson is a comfortable way to do that: nobody else is listening, the teacher goes at your pace, and the lesson happens at an hour that fits your shift, even very early or very late.

Adult beginners start from the letters, exactly like children, and many are reading short surahs within a few months of steady practice. See Quran classes for adults for how lessons are adapted for grown-up learners.

When the family is split between Greece and Pakistan

For families where the father works in Greece and the children live in Pakistan, online classes have a special benefit. The children can learn at home in Pakistan at a fixed daily time, and the father can join the call from Greece now and then to listen to them read, or simply ask the teacher how they are getting on. Our city pages for Gujrat, Jhelum and Sialkot explain how lessons work for students at home in Pakistan. The fee and courses are the same wherever the student lives.

Children who think in Greek

Children growing up in Greece learn a different alphabet at school, speak Greek with friends and often mix Punjabi or Urdu at home. Parents sometimes worry that adding Arabic letters will be too much. In practice, reading the Quran is a separate skill that every child learns step by step. Beginners start with the Noorani Qaida: each letter and its sound, then joined letters, then short words. They then move on to Nazra Quran and proper Tajweed, and some go on to Hifz. Teachers explain in simple Urdu or English. We do not promise Greek-speaking teachers, so use the free trial to see how comfortable your child is.

Long Greek summers, lessons that continue

Greek schools have one of the longest summer breaks in Europe, running from about mid-June to September. Without lessons, that is nearly three months for a child to forget what they learned. Online lessons carry on through the summer, whether the family stays in Greece or travels to Pakistan to see relatives: the student joins from a phone or tablet wherever they are, usually with the same teacher. Some families use the summer for extra lessons, for example to finish the Qaida or revise memorised surahs before school starts again.

Female or male teacher

Female and male teachers are both available 24/7. Many families choose a female Quran teacher for daughters, young children and mothers. Students normally stay with the same teacher, who keeps track of their progress from lesson to lesson. For tips on judging a teacher during the free trial, see choosing an online Quran teacher.

How a lesson works

Teacher and student both keep their video on and see each other at the side of the screen. The teacher screen-shares the Qaida or Quran page and points to the word to be read. The student reads aloud from the shared page on a phone, tablet or laptop, and the teacher corrects pronunciation and Tajweed straight away. No printed Quran is needed. On the Monday to Friday plan each lesson is 30 minutes. See how it works for the full picture.

Courses

• Noorani Qaida: letters, sounds and joining, for complete beginners.
• Nazra Quran: fluent, accurate reading from the Mushaf.
• Tajweed: the rules of recitation, practised verse by verse.
• Hifz: memorising selected surahs or the whole Quran.
• Islamic Studies: salah, duas, kalimas and daily basics for children.

In the free trial the teacher checks the student's level and recommends where to start. For children see online Quran classes for kids, and for women online Quran classes for ladies.

Fee and payment from Greece

Our standard plan is PKR 7,500 a month per student on the Monday to Friday plan, which gives 20 one-to-one 30-minute live classes a month, Monday to Friday. It is the same for every course and for a female or male teacher, and each student is on their own plan. Our team explains how to arrange payment from Greece, and the fee for any other schedule, such as weekends only, is discussed directly with the team. See the fees page.

Book a free trial from Greece

Request a free trial and tell us who will be learning and which hours suit you, or WhatsApp us on +92 333 8182884. There is nothing to pay. Families elsewhere in Europe can read our pages for Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway and the UK, and for other countries see Quran classes for overseas Pakistanis. To see everything we offer, start at our online Quran classes Pakistan home page.