{"id":1041124,"date":"2018-10-13T22:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T02:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=1041124"},"modified":"2018-10-13T22:31:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T02:31:51","slug":"hundreds-of-szeklers-singing-in-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/hundreds-of-szeklers-singing-in-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Szeklers singing in the Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hargitan\u00e9pe reports that a choir representing the Upper Ciuc region of Transylvania sang on Monday at the Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica in the Vatican. The choir numbering over 405 people arrived in the Vatican to promote the beautification of bishop \u00c1ron.<\/p>\n

The pilgrims attended the Sunday Holy Mass on the 7th\u00a0of October at the Saint Ignatius church, while on the next day, on the Feast of Our Lady of Hungary, the group attended another Holy Mass (this time in Hungarian) where they even performed several songs. Since the large group could not fit into the Our Lady of Hungary Chapel, the mass had to be performed at the cathedral altar of the St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. The Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister, Zsolt Semj\u00e9n, the Hungarian ambassador to the Holy See, Edu\u00e1rd Habsburg-Lotharingiai and the Hungarian ambassador to Rome, \u00c1d\u00e1m Zolt\u00e1n Kov\u00e1cs, were also present at the latter mass.<\/p>\n

The choir prepared mostly with Mary-songs for this Mary Indulgence, but they performed the Hungarian and Szekler anthems, too.<\/p>\n

Bishop Ferenc Pal\u00e1nki emphasised that Hungarians everywhere are trying to maintain peace in Europe, representing Christian values, honouring Saint Stephen, who offered Hungary to the Virgin Mary, hoping that she will protect the nation in the coming centuries. A thousand years have passed, as Pal\u00e1nki argues, and yet Hungarians have never forgotten their faith which was given to them by their ancestors and which they will have to pass on to the coming generations.<\/p>\n

The pilgrims, respecting tradition, wore Szekler and Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3 folk costumes which, as Vatican News writes, captivated tourists and believers alike.<\/p>\n

The choir had an audience with the pope himself, for which they prepared fifteen liturgical songs, among them several are dedicated to Virgin Mary, and even a hymn about bishop \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton, as this pilgrimage is to commemorate the 80th\u00a0anniversary of \u00c1ron M\u00e1rton\u2019s appointment as a bishop. The pilgrims\u2019 ultimate goal is to have bishop \u00c1ron beatified.<\/p>\n

The 405-member choir is made up of 14 smaller Szekler choirs, namely from Bal\u00e1nb\u00e1nya, Cs\u00edkszentdomokos, D\u00e1nfalva, Madaras, Csics\u00f3, Mad\u00e9falva, Delne, Sz\u00e9pv\u00edz, Szentmikl\u00f3s, Borzsova, Taploca, Gyimesfels\u0151lok, Gyimesk\u00f6z\u00e9plok, and the choir of the Millenium Church from Cs\u00edkszereda.<\/p>\n

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