Péter Méliusz Juhász will be remembered for days in Debrecen – with a video

The defining figure of the Hungarian Reformation, Péter Méliusz Juhász, was born 490 years ago and died 450 years ago. To commemorate the double anniversary, the Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerulet is preparing a series of programs with which I would like to make its heritage better known.

Péter Méliusz Juhász was an ecclesiastic, reformed pastor, and the first bishop of the Tiszántúli Reformed Church District. His programmatic sermons are defining works of 16th century religious debate literature. Among the programs of the Days of Remembrance, the book Hitviták és könyörgés, which is the result of an international project lasting several years, will be presented.

– We are reissuing old prints published in Debrecen in the 1560s and 1570s, based on photos, it will be possible to turn the pages of these volumes virtually, and we can also read translations of works published in Latin in Hungarian – said Róbert Oláh, from the Debrecen Reformatory Academic staff member of the College’s Great Library.

Debrecen, the Calvinist Rome – among other things, this epithet was left to the city as a legacy of Péter Méliusz Juhász. Debrecen residents and tourists often come across his name.

Yet few people know what the most influential leader of the Hungarian Reformation really gave to the city.

– Actually, he was the one who could put Debrecen on the map in the 16th century, as well as on the map of international Calvinism at that time, which makes it interesting not only from the point of view of spreading the faith, but also from the point of view of culture – pointed out Tamás Fazakas Gergely, chief presbyterian clerk of the Tiszántúli Reformed Church District.

The Péter Méliusz Juhász Memorial Days will also include a round table discussion, a memorial exhibition, a historical-musical concert and a book presentation. The programs will be held on December 5, 9 and 15.

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