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The Chișinău Diocesan Girls' School opened its doors on May 3, 1864, addressing a pressing need: in Bessarabia there were no institutions dedicated to the education of clergy's daughters. According to the 1864 circular, teaching was conducted in the Romanian language, a provision applied throughout the diocese. The school's first headmistress was Anastasia Rizo, of noble origin, invited by Archbishop Antonie.

The curriculum, approved by the Ministry of Public Education and the Chișinău Diocese, combined theoretical subjects with practical training. Students studied religion, reading and writing in Romanian, Slavonic, and Russian, arithmetic and exercises in calculation, world history and geography. The program was complemented by church singing and practical skills such as sewing, embroidery, knitting, as well as household management - baking bread and prosphora, preparing meals and preserves, caring for livestock, and cultivating gardens.

The composite, taken in 1911 at the studio of Z. N. Sumovski in Chișinău, depicts 29 graduates and 13 teachers. At the center are portraits of Bishop Serafim (Ciciagov), headmistress N. R. Mihelson, teacher V. E. Bejerian, and priests F. Ghiliarov and P. Jurikas. Among the teaching staff was Paraskovia Vasilievna Cuciurenko, a calligraphy teacher for 37 years, who in 1911 became senior educator and assistant headmistress. For her dedication, she was awarded the gold medal "For Long Service."

On the reverse of the vignette is a label from the store and workshop of frames, paintings, mirrors, and window glass owned by A. D. Kon'gova, Chișinău, Gogol Street no. 37, near the State Bank.

This graduation composite was donated at the end of 2025 to the National Museum of History of Moldova by the Dadiștian family from Drochia.

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Opening of the exhibition "The Age of Stephen the Great Reflected Through the Museum Heritage on Both Banks of the Prut"

November 7, 2023

On November 7, in the hall on the first floor of the National History Museum of Moldova, the opening of the exhibition "The Age of Stephen the Great Reflected Through the Museum Heritage on Both Banks of the Prut" took place.

During the event, participated with speeches Dr. hab Eugen Sava, General Director of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Prof. Dr. Ramona Maria Mocanu, project manager, "Ştefan cel Mare" Vaslui County Museum, Igor Țărălungă, project manager, Soroca District Council and Alina Albu, project manager, Council Vaslui County Afterwards, Dr. Laurențiu Chiriac, Vaslui "Ştefan cel Mare" County Museum, presented the history and concept of the exhibition to the present audience.

This itinerant thematic exhibition aims to organize at national and international level a cultural and scientific event that will develop new audiences and promote education for the protection of the cultural and historical heritage from the period of Stephen the Great, as well as raise public awareness of the value indisputable of that era. The event will contribute to the development of a tourism network in the Republic of Moldova (CHIŞINĂU and SOROCA District) and Romania (VASLUI County), by increasing the attractiveness of the historical heritage related to the era of Stephen the Great and the cultural-tourist objectives in the interest areas of of the project, by highlighting the personality and historical facts of this great voivode of Moldova, in order to increase the awareness of potential tourists from the eligible area of the Program, thus responding to the achievement of the general objective of the project.

At the end of the event, as a sign of great gratitude, Prof. Dr. Ramona Maria Mocanu, project manager, "Ştefan cel Mare" Vaslui County Museum offered the General Director of the National History Museum of Moldova, Dr. hab. Eugen Sava, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Medal.

We remind you that the exhibition "The Age of Stephen the Great Reflected Through the Museum Heritage on Both Banks of the Prut" can be visited between November 7-21, 2023, in the upstairs hall of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, 31 August str. 1989, 121A.