Our Partner Church

Our trip wasn't just a sightseeing vacation, although we did plenty of that. It was also a pilgrimage, to see the history and roots of Unitarianism in Transylvania, and a chance to meet our partner church in the village of Kissolymos. We spent five days in the village, meeting people, seeing how they live there, going to church with them, sharing meals, and building a stronger partnership between our two churches.

After some initial shyness, Carbon came to love being in the village and staying at the parish house. The minister and his wife speak a little english, and we also had a translator staying with us to help with communication. She was really nice and took a liking to Carbon, and he to her.



The parish house was built during Communism, so it had to be built on a standard floorplan handed out by the government.



The minister tried to teach Carbon how to snap a whip. He tried and tried and tried until his arms were exhausted, but it's not that easy!



These are Transylvanian Hounds - hunting dogs - which the minister breeds.



They were wonderful hosts and showed us great hospitality.