Bethlen Almanac 2000 (Ligonier)
Cikkek - Articles
Calvin Synod Herald Reformátusok Lapja 100th Anniversary 1900 - 2000 Hungarian Reformed Church in America stretches back to 1891, when our Cleveland and Pittsburgh churches were organized. Five years later, in 1896, the first Classis was organized. Just a year later in Bridgeport, CT, a Sunday School and a fulltime Summer School were organized. Also, on August 1,1897, a Hungarian newspaper, the Őrálló, a by-weekly of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, was published by the Rev. Sándor Kalassay, for just two years. In July of 1900 three Reformed ministers, the Revs. Zoltán Kuthy, Elek Csutoros, and Pal Konyha, met and decided to publish a church paper. In those days there were six Hungarian Reformed congregations in America, from New York to Cleveland. The pastors donated seventy dollars each for start up money, and thus a new weekly appeared as the Amerikai Magyar Reformátusok Lapja. The first issue was published in Cleveland, Ohio, with the Rev. Zoltán Kuthy its Editor, on August 15, 1900. At first the paper was published weekly, then bi-weekly from 1935- 1958, monthly from 1959-1973, and six bi-monthly issues since 1974. While it was in private hands initially, it was published for a lengthy period by the denomination, and along with the Presbyterians for a time. However, in 1963 the Synod assumed sole ownership. Initially it was printed solely in Hungarian, but English articles were included during the years 1963-1968, after which it became bilingual. Since 1971 the English portion was placed in the front for the English speaking readers. The name of the paper was changed in 1972 to Calvin Synod Herald - Reformátusok Lapja. It is presently printed in 1300 copies, and sent to 43 countries free of charge to reach our diaspora. Editors during the past 100 years were the Reverends Zoltán Kuthy1900 Elek Csutoros1901 Sándor Kalassay1901-1907 István Harsányi1907-1917 Sándor Harsányi1917-1924 Mihály Tóth1924 242
