Calvin Synod Herald, 1989 (89. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)
1989-07-01 / 1. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD- 7 -REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA REV. LESLIE EGRY 1906-1989 Rev. Leslie Egry was bom in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary on December 8, 1906. His father was Ferenc Egry, his mother Mária Szathmáry He attended the Reformed Church parochial elementary school, then the local High School from which he graduated in 1923. He enrolled at the Reformed Theological Seminary of Sárospatak where he earned his Ministerial Diploma in 1929. For a time he taught religion in his native town in the elementary school. In December, 1929, he came to the United States at the request of the Pittsburgh Church where he became the assistant minister. In the same year, he received a call to the pastorate of the Fairport Harbor, Ohio Church where he served until August, 1937. He was then elected pastor of the Columbus, Ohio Church where he served until February, 1939. He was then elected to the pastorate of the Woodbridge Hungarian Reformed Church. It was during his pastorate that a new parsonage was built in 1941. In 1945, he was elected to the East Chicago Church and in 1956 he was recalled by the Woodbridge Church. Under his leadership a new church building was completed in 1963 and a new Educational Unit and Auditorium in 1972. Beside his local ministry, he took an active role in the life of our Magyar Synod where he was Secretary and Vice-President. He also took an active role in our Eastern Classis where he was elected Secretary, Treasurer, President and Dean of the Classis for several terms. Rev. Egry was hospitalized in December, 1988 and passed away on March 19,1989. A private Funeral Service was conducted by Bishop John Biitösi on March 22nd. Memorial Donations were sent to Hungary for the restoration of the Sárospatak Academy. He excelled as a minister, administrator, husband, father, grandfather and friend. His sermons, but especially his prayers were on the highest level. He was a modest man but when he spoke, he spoke with dignity and eloquence. Our Calvin Synod, Eastern Classis and the entire Hungarian-American community lost in him a very valuable leader and contributor. In 1944, he married Anna Elisabeth Baka, a music teacher. Together they served their pastorates with self-sacrifice and dedication. The Lord blessed their marriage with two daughters: Nanuska — Mrs. Peter Katzenbach, and Ruthi — Mrs. Andrew Duncan and a grandson, Derek Katzenbach. May his memory remain blessed and may the Lord accord to his faithful servant the Crown of Eternal Life. „ „ . , Dr. Francis Vitéz Heritage center opens its doors as home for Hungarian culture The center, which has been planned for more than a decade, cost $4.1 million to renovate and maintain. Many of the dignitaries on hand spoke of the work involved in building the center and praised its creator, Rutgers University professor August J. Molnár, who is president of the American Hungarian Foundation. Molnár led the crusade to build the unofficial Hungarian cultural capital in this country, in New Brunswick, with its long-standing Hungarian community. An artist’s rendition of the new Hungarian Heritage Center in New Jersey. NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — In a ceremony that marked the realization of many dreams and much planning, nearly 800 people gathered in the city’s Hungarian section May 21 to dedicate a long-awaited Hungarian Heritage Center. The two-story center, in a converted needle factory on Somerset Street, includes a museum displaying Hungarian artifacts and artwork. It also serves as the national headquarters for the 35- year-old American Hungarian Foundation. HUNGARIANS by God’s Choice God loved and elected you not because you were greater than other nations; in fact you are smaller than the others: He had done it, since He loved you. ‘Be not affraid! Oh little flock. It pleased the Almighty to give you the Kingdom! How evident it is from the above words, that being magyar is not the matter of logical reasoning, or interest, or advantage; but it is the matter of divine predestination. Secondly, this brings us to the conclusion: ‘What God hath joined together, let not men put asunder!’ Woe to him, who offers it for sale or betrays it. Thirdly it follows: whoever is ashamed of being magyar, revolts against God; or if he divests his magyar character, by that he adulterates the plan of divine ordination. The ‘magyarless’ magyar is just as unreal as a scare-crow, or a carnival masquarade. Being ashamed of your ‘magyarhood’ is revolting against God; and so is likewise not being ashamed of anything that destroys or mutilates God’s mighty plan for the Magyars. Each and every single one of us rebels against the Divine, who does not share in the compassion for our national sins, which deformed and ruined our nation; or does not bear his portion of painful responsibility for the things we have missed or failed. Finally, our ‘magyarhood’ brought into being such a togetherness of all of us, that none of us can ever disown. Every single magyar is amenable for the other, whether he lives in America or in the home-land; every single magyar belongs to the other, whether he sits on the throne or lingers in the prisoncell. God created us magyars; our being a magyar therefore has its source in the plan of Creation; that fact also includes our right to Life. We do want to live, not because we are permitted to live or others deem us worthy to live; our right to live is not dependent on Vote or Sword. We demand our right to live the sameway as do the stars, seas, trees, the grass and the flowers; the sameway as all mankind, nations great and nations small on this our Globe. DR. RAVASZ LÁSZLÓ One Small Step for Man One Giant Step for Mankind... It has been 20 years since Neil Armstrong first uttered those famous words and a Dream was realized. When will mankind make a giant step on this Earth to make the greatest Dream, the Kingdom of God, to be realized???
