This is how Hungarians celebrated Pentecost

The end of spring/beginning of summer marks Pentecost, a celebration important in both folk traditions and religious lives. The Hungarian Pentecost traditions are mainly connected to the Christian holiday, but some of the elements came from the Pagan times. We put together a little photo report, so that you can see how people celebrated Pentecost in Hungary and over the border 🙂

The largest Catholic celebration of the year in Hungary is connected to Pentecost. It is the Csíksomlyói búcsú, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of believers from Hungary, Transylvania and other places around the world. Csíksomlyó is a symbol of solidarity among Hungarians and represents the nation. Pilgrims have been gathering together at Csíksomlyó for 450 years during Pentecost to honour the Szeklers of Csík who defeated the troops of John Sigismund during the battle of Tolvajos tető. The king tried to force the Szeklers to convert to Protestantism.

This year, MTI made a special photo series about the Blessed Virgin Mary pilgrim train. More than one thousand pilgrims chose to take on the four-day trip on the pilgrim train to get to Csíksomlyó. You can see some of the photos below:

pünkösd zarándokvonat — *The pilgrim train – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd zarándokvonat2 — *The pilgrim train – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd zarándokvonat4 — *The pilgrim train arriving in Cluj-Napoca – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd zarándokvonat5 — *The pilgrim train welcomed in Cluj-Napoca – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd zarándokvonat6 — *The pilgrim train welcomed in Gyimesbükk – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó6 — *One of the pilgrims praying in the neighbourhood of Zsibó – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó1 — *The pilgrims at the mass of Csíksomlyó – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó3 — *The pilgrims at a mass in Gyimesbükk – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó9 — Pilgrims resting in Gyimesbükk – Photo: MTI

pünkösd csíksomlyó4 — *Man waving to the pilgrims in Gyimesbükk – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó5 — *The pilgrims arriving at the mass of Csíksomlyó – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó7 — *Tents in Csíksomlyó – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó8 — *A man welcomes a pilgrim from the train – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd csíksomlyó2 — *Franciscan monk Sándor Asztrik Tímár blessing devotional objects bought in Csíksomlyó – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd zarándokvonat3 — *The pilgrim train leaving Carei – Photo: MTI*

Meanwhile, the visitors of the 23rd Pentecost Open Cellars celebrated a bit differently in Palkonya, a village belonging to the Villány wine region.

pünkösd palkonya — *Pentecost in Palkonya – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd palkonya2 — *Pentecost in Palkonya – Photo: MTI*

A Pentecostal mass was also held in the renovated place of worship of Pálosszentkút.

pünkösd pálosszentkút3 — *Pentecost in Pálosszentkút – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd pálosszentkút1 — *Pentecost in Pálosszentkút – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd pálosszentkút2 — Pentecost in Pálosszentkút – Photo: MTI

In another part of the country, the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Péter Erdő held a pastoral mass at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church of Máriaremete.

pünkösd máriaremete2 — *Pentecost in Máriaremete – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd máriaremete3 — *Archbishop Péter Erdő after opening the programme series leading up to the 2020 Eucharistic World Congress – Photo: MTI*

pünkösd máriaremete — *Pentecost in Máriaremete – Photo: MTI*

Featured image: MTI

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Source: Daily News Hungary

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