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A Reformed minister with his guests in 1926.

How the Distinctive Clothing of Hungarian Reformed Ministers Took Shape and Changed During the Centuries — Part VIII

On the eve of Reformation Day we are publishing the last instalment of our eight-part series on how the garments worn by Calvinist pastors evolved over the past five hundred years. Part VIII looks at the types of garments worn…
Protestant pastor Péter Balogh, Bishop of the Transtibiscan Diocese, in 1860

How the Distinctive Clothing of Hungarian Reformed Ministers Took Shape and Changed During the Centuries — Part VI

At the beginning of the 19th century, the idea of unification between the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches came to the fore, and Protestants who sympathized with this idea tried to make it even more visible to the public by…
18th century Hungarian Lutheran pastor Mátyás Bél

How the Distinctive Clothing of Hungarian Reformed Ministers Took Shape and Changed During the Centuries — Part V

In the struggle for survival and existence of Protestants, the question of ministers’ clothing still remained an issue—the meetings of the Reformed church districts of the time continued to fight against excesses….
Protestant preachers as galley slaves in the port of Naples.

How the Distinctive Clothing of Hungarian Reformed Ministers Took Shape and Changed During the Centuries — Part IV

The second half of the 17th century was a time of great hardships for Protestants: Protestant church history calls the years between 1671 and 1681 the ‘decade of mourning’. Thanks to some illustrated works by pastors freed from galley slavery,…
Portrait of Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces.

Going Through Living Hell for Their Faith — The Story of Hungarian Protestant Galley Slaves

The Habsburg Court regarded Protestantism simply as the ideological expression of the nobility, that is, the ‘spirit of rebellion’. In addition, it was part of the absolutist thinking of the era that only a mono-religious country could be politically united….

Ash Wednesday — A Reminder of Our Mortality and the Beginning of Lent

According to Hungarian folk belief, those who receive the ashes on Ash Wednesday will be free from headaches for quite a while. In the olden days, there was even a Hungarian folk tradition according to which people returning home from…

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