Itt-Ott, 1988 (21. évfolyam, 1/107-3/109. szám)

1988 / 2. (108.) szám

Union. I don’t expect to be back earlier than about September 10th.

I might share with you that during the Millenium Celebrations Billy Graham preached in the St. Vladimir Orthodox Cathedral in Kiev. The cathedral was packed with an overflow crowd, which also filled the large area around the cathedral and also the streets coming to the cathedral. Powerful loud-speakers carried the message to the crowds. It is estimated that some 20,000 to 30,000 people were around the cathedral and some 8,000 to 10,000 inside the cathedral. Also in Kiev, Billy Graham preached in the Yamskaya Street Baptist Church. The circumstances were similar to those around the cathedral. Some 20,000 to

30,000 people packed the area around the church and the streets coming to the church. Again, powerful loud-speakers carried the message. This type of preaching was an all time first in the Soviet Union. We were promised loud-speakers in Romania, but the Romanian government went back on their promise; so actually we did not have loudspeakers there. We were particularly hurt in Temesvár where a large crowd of 150,000 gathered around the tremendous square surrounding the Metropolitan Cathedral. In the cathedral there were some 6,000 people. Loudspeakers were installed by our sound crew, but then were tom down by the securitate. We had similar experiences in Kolozsvár, where I translated Billy Graham into Hungarian, both in the Farkas Street Reformed Church and in the Szent Mihály Roman Catholic Cathedral. Of course, there was a translation into Romanian. Large crowds gathered around the churches and on the streets, but no loudspeakers were allowed. The situation was the same in Nagy Szeben, where police kept the crowds away and only a small crowd was allowed in front of the Orthodox Cathedral. Again, no loud-speakers in the front. There were some very weak loud-speakers installed in the back of the cathedral where there was no place to gather and the loud-speakers were not audible.

To come to the point again, it looks like we made a break-through in the Soviet Union.... Please give my regards to those of our mutual friends who attend the Lake Hope Conference. Please accept my cordial regards and best wishes to you, and allow me to assure you that I am most interested in continuing our friendship and cooperation in years to come. — Alexander S. Haraszti, Adanta

Held Józsefnek: Nagyon köszönöm, hogy második alkalommal gondolt rám és küldte el az ITT-OTT nyári számát. Bizony jó volt olvasni a ’87-es év két nagy előadását, de Nyeste Zoli bá igehirdetése-istenszolgálata is oly annyira megragadott, hogy márc. 14-én felolvasom a theologus diákjaim előtt. — Horváth Erzsi (a pap), Budapest

Könyvek: Szerkesztőségünkben az alábbi kötetek, kiadványok várnak recenzióra, hosszabb ismertetésre:

1. Könnyű, L., A History of American Hungarian Literature. American Hungarian Review, 5410 Kerth Rd., St. Louis, MO 63128. Ára $10.

2. Shirchich László, Végzetes évek: Magyarok Csehszlovákiában. Kiadja özvegye, Mrs. Henrietta Schirchich, 2020 McKinley Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107. Ára $10.

Derecskey, Susan, The Hungarian Cookbook: The Pleasures of Hungarian Food and Wine. Harper & Row. 256 old. Ára $9.95.

Kende, Eva M., Eva’s Hungarian Kitchen. Try Kay Enterprises, P.O. Box 4658 Station C., Calgary, Alta. T2T 5P1, Canada. Ára $9.95.

Maxim, Tábory, Frost and Fire. Translations, poems. 288 pp. The American Hungarian Review, St. Louis (1. fent).

Puskás-Balogh Éva, Foltos emlékek. Új Hídfő kiadása: Dr. Fabó László, 22 Hancock St., San Francisco, CA 94114. Ára $12.

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