PILKO Jan - Acta Patristica, volume 7, issue 14/2016
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL SYSTEM AND CHURCH EDUCATION IN BYZANTIUM (AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE)
/ROZVOJ ŠKOLSTVA A CIRKEVNÉHO VZDELÁVANIA V BYZANCII (ÚVOD DO PROBLEMATIKY)/
Jan PILKO
lecturer, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Prešov, Masarykova 15, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia, jan.pilko@unipo.sk, 00421517724729
Abstract
In this article we will try to look into the development of the state but also of religious education in the Byzantine Empire. Education in Byzantine had not been understood as a kind of privilege, but as a need of every human being, without which could not live a rich and meaningful life. Level of education had had the greatest impact on the development of literary production and culture in every age. The same can be observed in the byzantine state, when the capital of the empire became Constantinople. We can claim that the educational system in the byzantine society during the first millennium was the most advanced and the most developed. After the fall of Constantinople and, in fact, the whole Byzantine Empire, decline to one of the full school’s system whether state or religious.
Keywords
The Byzantine Empire, education, Christianity, theology, student
SUMMARY
After the fall of Constantinople, and, in fact, after the fall of whole Byzantine Empire, all education fell down, whether public or church. None state or church cannot prosper without a certain cultural level of his nation. Just in this area of education felt the Greek Church the most acute impacts of their enslavement. Even after charging by the Turks Constantinople local high school still existed despite the fact that many of its best professors fled to Italy, especially in Venice. In Constantinopole finally existed only patriarchal academy, which is focused primarily on the education and training of priests. In fact, all subjects except for the basics of philosophy fallen. Despite the dire situation without any significant patriarchal academy professors but did what it could. During the period of 15th to 16th century, we know of no one in spirit, projecting Greeks of the Ottoman Empire. It also testifies to what wretched level of the education in the former pride of Byzantium was located.
(Language: slovak)