**5. The religious books**

Most of the cult books belonging to the church are kept in the Museum of History, since 1977. Today we can find only two of these books under the churches roof, namely the Anthology (Antologhionul) and Cazania.

In the old days, the priests had only manuscripts for their religious rituals. Following the Guttenberg invention, books in Cyrillic language started to appear in the area. Our ancestors had a strong religious conscientious - we see this through the fact that they bought books for their churches, very expensive back then, some of the prices being as much as a good pair of horses.


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The Strașnic from Blaj was bought in 1841 with village collected money by Corui Petru, during the period when Ilieș Toader was the main singer. The money paid was 15 zlots (foreign currency).

The Triodion from Blaj was printed in 1800. The writings "This holy book belongs to Drăghia church, bought by Pop Iosif, husband of much respected Tarța Irina, in the memory of their ancestors. January 1st, 1811." Whoever will steal it or give it away from this holy church, to be un-blessed by the 318 holy priests." can be found on its cover. On the cover of Antologhion is written: "belonged to Gherman

**Figure 7.** *The Triod book from Blaj.*

Simion, singer in Rohia, which gave it to the priest Popa Ioan from Poiana Porcului, for 24 vonași" this priest later brought the book in Drăghia's church. The Apostol book, from Blaj, was a "gift of the lordly mercy of the Principe Iacob Anton, the vicar of Făgăraș episcopacy, for Drăghia church", as mentioned on the cover. In 1922, Radu Constantin buys the necessary Latin books, with the equivalent price of a cow.
