Reformátusok Lapja, 1969 (69. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1969-01-01 / 1. szám
14 REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA Another of his wife’s brothers, Andrew, spent three years in a TB sanitorium, but recovered. Consequently, Steve has devoted more time to fight against TB throughout the years than any other figure in his field. In 1960 he was named Honorary Christmas Seal Chairman by the National Tuberculosis Association, an assignment that took him to almost every major city in the United States. Steve is one of the greatest givers of time and talent to worthy causes. He has designed posters and stamps for the Red Cross, the Community Chest and United Fund, the National Cancer Association, Boys Town, American-Hungarian Relief, the United States Government and dozens of other national and civic organizations. He has received the David Russell Lyman medal for outstanding service to the public welfare, and he has been honored with the George Washington Medal Award of the American Hungarian Studies Foundation. Stevan Dohanos is a Founding Faculty member of the Famous Artists Schools of Westport, Connecticut. He is a member currently of the Postmaster General’s Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee. He also serves as chairman of the board of the American Hungarian Studies Foundation. He is past president of the Society of Illustrators. Steve’s home and studio are in Westport, Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, Margit, and the youngest of his three sons, Anthony. Peter Dohanos is a TV and stage designer and Paul Dohanos is a painter and graphic designer. A visit with Stevan Dohanos and his wife in their Westport home is a treat. The Hungarian and other dishes of the Dohanos’ are a gourmet’s delight. Mrs. Dohanos is also of Hungarian background. Her father, the Reverend Andor Kovács, served as the first pastor of the Magyar Presbyterian Church in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, and later he ministered in a second congregation in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. August J. Molnár The Hungarian Bible The beginnings of Hungarian Bible translations date back to the time of the pre-reformers, who emphasized national languages. In Buda, Hungary, already in 1410, the principles of the Reformation were proclaimed. Among the students who studied abroad and returned were Simon Pécsi and Bálint Újlaki, who between 1416 and 1435 worked on translating the entire Bible into Hungarian. Through their work and principles, they came into disagreement with the church, and to evade persecution, they fled to Moldavia, where they were able to complete their translation. Parts of this translation are preserved in handwritten books called codices. After the invention of printing, Benedek Komjáti translated Paul’s epistles into Hungarian and published them in Krakow in 1533 with the financial assistance of Katalin Frangepán. Gábor Pesti Mizsér published the New Testament in Vienna in 1536. In Hungary, the New Testament was first published by János Erdősi Sylvester in Sárvár in 1541, on the estate of Count Tamás Nádasdy. The complete Hungarian Bible was translated and published by Gáspár Károlyi, a minister at Gönc and dean of the Kassa Valley District, in Vizsoly in 1590 with the financial support of István Báthori, Zsigmond Rákóczi, István Drugeth, and Gáspár Magócsi. The first complete Roman Catholic translation into Hungarian was published by György Káldy in Vienna in 1625. The translation by György Komáromi Csipkés was published by the city of Debrecen in 1718 in Leyden, Church at Vizsoly Where the First Complete Hungarian Bible Was Printed Holland, in four thousand copies, but almost three thousand copies were confiscated and burned on November 5, 1754 by Count Ferenc Barkóczi, a Roman Catholic Bishop in Eger, Hungary. This Hungarian translation bad the best appearance. Outside of the above mentioned translations, other attempts were also made. The most noted New Testament translations were made by István Kecskeméthy, Sándor Czeglédy, and Sándor Raffay. Among Hungarian Protestants, the Károlyi translation spread most and is still in use. Through 1940, this translation lias been reprinted 268 times. The Reformed Church in Hungary published the Károlyi New Testament into a modern revised edition and the publishing of the Old Testament is expected soon. Francis Vitéz
