"The Lighthouse is shining again, and perhaps it has never had such a strong light," was said at the opening ceremony on Monday, at which the school building of Bolyai Farkas Gymnasium and Református College in Marosvásárhely was handed over. The current building complex of the 466-year-old school was renovated by the Reformed church district with the support of the Hungarian state and its own resources over the past four and a half years. The investment cost about eight million euros.
The dedication ceremony of the renovated building of the Bolyai Farkas High School and the Marosvásárhely Reformed College began with a thanksgiving service. In front of the students, teachers and guests who filled the Castle Church, dr. Deputy Bishop Vilmos József Kolumbán preached the message, and then the celebrating community marched from the church to the renovated school building, led by the flags of the Transylvanian Reformed schools, through Sáros Street. The symbolic ribbon-cutting took place in front of the main entrance of the renovated building: in addition to the principals of the two schools, Zoltán Hajdú and Zsolt Benedek, Reformed Bishop Béla Kató, Deputy Prime Minister Kelemen Hunor, State Secretary for National Policy János Árpád Potápi, and Zoltán Soós, Mayor of Marosvásárhely, cut the inauguration. symbolic ribbon, then the celebration continued in the school yard with a blessing, welcoming speeches and a festive program.
Béla Kató, bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District, blessed the renovated building complex. In his speech, he emphasized that the school, founded in 1557, had several rectors, teachers, and professors who wanted to send their students from Marosvásárhely to world fame. He emphasized that the legacy of the Schola Particula is perhaps more important today than ever. "The four-and-a-half-century history of the Schola Particula tells us that here in this place we have to educate great people, lawyers who, in the midst of their judgments, not only see the paragraphs, but also know the dramatic tension of Ágnes Arany János's wife and the struggles before and after Pilate's sentencing, doctors who, in addition to the functioning of the human body and the active ingredients of medicines, know the healing Christ, and skilled workers who also know Jesus' parable of the two-mile journey. If students who know God and trust in God leave the school desks, there is a chance that, like those who came before them, they too will fly towards world fame - said the bishop in his festive speech, who drew attention to the trumpeting angel on the facade of the newly renovated building, which proclaims that we should fear God and give Him glory.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Kelemen Hunor emphasized that Bolyai Farkas Theological High School and Marosvásárhelyi Reformed College in the renovated building are like brothers competing with each other, who encourage the rising generations to perform better than ever. Kelemen Hunor asked the students of the two schools to carry on the legacy: not to worry about the future, but to act, because if they act, they will shape the future.
János Árpád Potápi, the Prime Minister's State Secretary responsible for national policy, interpreted the message of the Hungarian Prime Minister, one of the most important bulwarks of Hungarian survival, who was accompanied by Réka Brendus, the head of the State Secretariat for National Policy of the Prime Minister's Office. In Viktor Orbán's letter, he stated that the Transylvanian Reformed kindergartens and schools are the bulwarks of Hungarian survival. Today, when we look around on the anniversary of the Reformation, we can once again see that Reformed kindergartens and schools are being built and renovated in Transylvania. These institutions are all bulwarks of Hungarian survival. And one of the most significant among them is the newly renovated Marosvásárhelyi Református College, where all the conditions are now in place for young people who are committed to their homeland, similar to the famous predecessors who were brought up here before, to leave the school desks - emphasized Viktor Orbán's message.
Emese Cs. Szász's full coverage of the ceremony on the Székelyhon portal.
Photos: Vince Haáz
