Kermess of Csíksomlyó (Sumuleu) Romania, EU

The Day of Pentecost 2007 

Dear Visitor

It seems the Father has made it possible that the Hungarian edition of the “The Importance of Forgiveness” booklet gets at one of the most notoriety spot of pilgrimage of Europe. Every year on the day of Pentecost several ten thousands believers get together in Transylvania, middle of Romania near Csíksomlyó.

Csíksomlyó became a pilgrimage place in 1567, when Hungarian king Sigismund János (1559-1571) wanted to convert the Székely population to Protestant. The Székelys refused to abandon the Catholic faith and resisted. A battle took place on a nearby field, on the day of Pentecost Saturday 1567, from which the Székelys came out victorious. The monks saw this as a sign and since then, this event has been commemorated by a pilgrimage when the believers gather on Pentecost every year.

The church and the Franciscan monastery of Csíksomlyó stand as a landmark in the Székely-land. This complex, and the pilgrimage here each year, have become a symbol of the brotherhood of the Székelys, their cultural and ethnic awareness of survival at any rate and, therefore, its importance for the Székely and Hungarian people in Transylvania would be difficult to over-estimate.

Dear Brothers and Sisters

We have seen so many lives changed through the message of this little booklet and the power of God which has been carried by it.

We wish to all of our brothers and sisters, the pilgrims of Csíksomlyó, 2007 that you would experience the fullness of God's love, the power of His Holy Spirit and his healing in your life.

26 of May, 2007 Csíksomlyó

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We thank to our brethren in Canada and in Romania for helping us to deliver the message to Csíksomlyó.