Bethlen Almanac 1999 (Ligonier)
Halottaink - In memoriam
IN MEMÓRIÁM Rev. Kalman Adorján 1926-1999 Rev. Kalman Adorján was bom September 12, 1926 in Beszterce megye in Erdély. He was the son of Kalman and Anna Soffalvi Adorján. A brother, Janos, died in 1935 while the family was still in Erdély. Reverend Adorján and his parents came to the United States after the Second World War in 1949. They lived in Virginia when they first arrived. From there they moved to Plainfield, New Jersey, and eventually settled in Trenton, New Jersey. It was while living in Trenton that Reverend Faith Theological Seminary in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, He began his formal education at the Magyar Református Gimnázium in Marosvasarhely in Erdély. He graduated from the seminary in 1955. As a young seminary student, he visited other churches. He visited the Detroit Hungarian Church, where he met Violet Orbán. It was love a first sight, and they were married in Detroit, Michigan, on November 7,1954. Reverend Adorján began full-time ministry in a small Hungarian church in Warrensville, Connecticut. He and his wife lived in Connecticut from 1955-1956. Only one service each week was held at this small church, and the sermons were given in Hungarian. It was during this time that their first daughter, Barbara Anne, was bom. The next calling for Reverend Adorján was to a Hungarian church in Staten Island, New York. The move came in 1956, and Reverend Adorján served the Lord and the church in Staten Island until 1964. The congregation in Staten Island was large enough and diverse enough to conduct church services in both English and Hungarian. Their son, Kalman Attila, was bom in 1957, and their daughter, Eva Hargita, was bom in 1960. Adorján enrolled at 226
