Bulgarian Lutheran Congregations in Transylvania Cover Image

Az erdélyi bolgár evangélikus egyházközségek
Bulgarian Lutheran Congregations in Transylvania

Author(s): András Bándi
Subject(s): History of Church(es)
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Bulgarians; Lutherans; Transylvania; church history; assimilation; folklore;

Summary/Abstract: An almost diminished community, subject to Hungarian and Saxon authorities, made the transition from its Slavonic identity to Romanian and German by remaining (almost completely) loyal to Lutheranism. This denomination became a strong component of the Bulgarian identity in Transylvania and its only tie to the past. The Lutheran Church Records depict the assimilation of an ethnic minority into two of the major ethnic groups in Transylvania from the 17th to the 20th century A. D.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: VII
  • Page Range: 403-421
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Hungarian