First Romanian School

The First Romanian School (Romanian: Prima şcoală românească) is located on the grounds of the 16th century church of St. Nicholas, itself located in the historic district of Şchei, now part of the city of Braşov. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Saint Nicholas Church (Biserica Sfântul Nicolae is a Romanian Orthodox church in Braşov, dominating the historic district of Şchei. Şchei (шкеи shkei) was an old Romanian Exonym referring to the Bulgarians, especially in Transylvania. Braşov (braˈʃov Brassó Kronstadt Medieval Latin: Brassovia or Corona) is a city in Romania and the capital of Braşov County

It is also home to the first Romanian Bible, and what can be loosely described as the first school magazine. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The next door museum houses a variety of first Romanian books and the first printing press.

Vasile Oltean is both the caretaker and the guide, and has spent the last 40 years of his life working at the First Romanian School - as a priest for the last six years, and a teacher and pupil before that.

The church was built in the 14th century and the school was believed to have started in 1583, using the Cyrillic alphabet for teaching. The Cyrillic alphabet (səˈrɪlɪk also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters is actually a family of Alphabets, subsets of which are used by This changed over two and a half centuries later, in 1833, when the principalities united and higher education started and the language changed to Latin, which immediately enhanced the standard of education.

The background of the students was varied and, being the only school in Transylvania, people came from far and wide, although mainly from the southeast of the region. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Not everyone went to school, however. Each village paid for one student to attend the school, in order to learn to teach upon returning and share their education. Over time, a total of 1730 students attended the school; however the most at one time was 110. It is not known exactly how the school was founded, but it was recognised by the Pope in 1395. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and

The school remained in use right up until the 20th century, and closed in 1941. The collections of archaic and original items were gathered starting in 1933 and were first organized in a museum in 1964.

The museum also contains the first Romanian printing press. A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a medium (such as paper or cloth thereby transferring an image Only 39 books were made by this press, which is hardly surprising given the labour required, however the work it did produce included plenty more firsts. The first Romanian letter in Latin was produced by the press, the first Romanian schoolbook and the first Bible, which was printed on goatskin and had a cover weighing a hefty seven kilograms.

Plaque above the school entrance.

Several more books that were used have been preserved; in fact the library contains six thousand books which were used in the school.

There is a plaque above the school entrance. In English, the text reads: "This ancient place of learning, the first Romanian school in all of Greater Romania, was completely rebuilt in stone in the years 1595-1597 through the generous gift of Prince Aron of Moldavia and through the care for learning of the Archpriest Mihai, being built anew in the year 1761. See " România Mare " for other meanings The Greater Romania (România Mare generally refers to the territory of Romania in the years Aron Tiranul ( Aaron the Tyrant) sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron (d Moldavia (Moldova is a geographic and historical region and former Principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians Flowering under the shield of the Church, it served for hundreds of years as a centre of education for youth and adults. The Romanian Orthodox Church ( Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is a Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church And after the most important primary schools and the Orthodox high school of Braşov were built, [it functioned] as a meeting place for the parish council and later sheltered the historic archives of St. Nicholas Church. Year 1946. "