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.
"Lost collection" of Ion Suruceanu in Kherson Regional Museum
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. X [XXV], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
Keywords: I.C. Suruceanu, V.I. Goshkevich, Kherson Museum, history of archaeology, museology.
Abstract: The article tells about the history of the archaeological collection of I.C. Suruceanu after his death in 1897. It contains information about modern museums, where part of the collection is stored today. Particular attention is paid to the I.C. Suruceanu's collection of lapidary monuments, which is almost completely preserved in the Kherson Regional Museum. Also there is presented a list of groups of antiquities from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu in Kherson.
List of illustrations: Fig. 1. Ion Casian Suruceanu. Fig. 2. Victor Ivanovich Goshkevich. Fig. 3. Lapidarium of the Kherson Regional Museum (the first room). Monuments from the collection of I. C. Suruceanu. Fig. 4. Ancient Greek weight from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 5. Clay female head from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 6. Sculpture of a lion from Olbia from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 7. Men's half-figure from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 8. Medieval lapidary monument from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 9. Islamic lapidary monuments from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 10. Ottoman plate from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu. Fig. 11. Marble slab from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
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...
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
