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The First Unitarian Partner Church Group reactivated their partnership with the Homorodjanosfalva Unitarian Church in Transylvania, Romania in April 2003.
April
10, 2003.First meeting of the First Unitarian Partner Church Group.
Members receive gift of banner from the Ladies Sewing Club of
Janosfalva, Transylvania, Romania. Shown from top left: Rev. Sandor
Simo from Janosfalva, Rev. Mark Stringer, Melinda Simo, Xenda Lindel, Jane
Rider and Jane Swanson. Others not shown: John & MaryAnn Hicks, Roger
Miller, Tom Rider. Our Partner Church:
Interior
Pictures.
The church in Janosfalva was built in 1492 as a Catholic Church. In 1537, the king of Transylvania declared the whole country to be Unitarian.
The Community & People:
The population of Janosfalva is 300, mostly farmers. Even the minister farms – the church has 40 acres under cultivation. Crops are wheat, corn and hay. The ethnic background and first language is Hungarian. Janosfalva is the village's Hungarian name. It also has a Romanian name, Ionesti (pronounced yo NESHT). Both names mean John's Woods. Since there are many towns named "John's Woods", this one is known by the nearby river and has the full name Homorodjanosfalva.
Rev. Sandor Simo, 29, has been minister since he graduated from seminar in Kolasvar in 1999. His wife, Melinda Simo, has her Masters in Psychology and teaches in a nearby village.
Message from Rev. Simo:
Everybody is welcome to Janosfalva."
Contact Jane Swanson for more information, to be added to the email list or to submit additions to the .
Hungarian Glossary [in process]
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Partner Church Links:
Sharing HOMORODJANOSFALVA
Unitarian Church of Davenport, IA
Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City
Prairie Star District Contacts for the Partner Church Council:
Sherman Eagles & Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs from Unity Church Unitarian and their partner church program.