Convocations
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Cluj-Napoca is the capital of Romania’s Transylvania region and the second-most populous city in the country. Currently ranked the 10th most livable city in Europe, it is a major academic center, with a thriving arts and culture scene and a booming tech sector
The venues of the Convocation were the János Zsigmond Unitarian High School and the First Unitarian Church of Cluj/Kolozsvár, conveniently located next to each other in the city center.
The most famous son of the city, from a Unitarian perspective, is Francis David (Dávid Ferenc), the founder of the Hungarian Unitarian Church. Under the influence of his teachings, Prince John Sigismund (János Zsigmond) of Transylvania became a Unitarian; in 1568, at the Diet of Torda, an unprecedented decree of religious tolerance and denominational diversity was proclaimed, laying the foundations for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
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Zsuzsanna Kardos
I live in Cluj (Kolozsvár) but I am from Rimetea (Torockó). When I was little, my grandmother taught me to sew cross stitches in Torocko, but I was very bored. At 30, I concluded that I should sew the Torockó patterns to keep them and sew them until I had someone to learn from. I started with small tablecloths, one after the other, with small plates, peonies, lilies, and parsley and so I collected one after the other until I started with big tablecloths. In an arts camp, I came across the technique of sewing cross-stitch patterns on a bag, and then I thought why not a Torockó pattern, so I started to decorate bags, and other accessories. I even tried to cross-stitch on a Christmas globe. Since then I have made a lot of them and I have given them all as presents. I work as an accountant, it is hard and it takes a lot of my brain cells, but when I get home and I sit down to sew after half an hour I am already rested and I start to do other things. Not a day goes by that I don't sew in the morning and in the evening.
Since I first started I have sewn many different patterns from different collections. For me, it is very important that the pattern is accurate and that there are no mistakes in what I sew.
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Our Faithify campaign to support several young activists' costs to attend the 4th Convocation in Transylvania has surpassed its goal - thank you to all who made this happen!