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Village
Chronicles
Words peculiar to Semlak and their
equivalent in German
by Semlak Heimatortsgemeinschaft Newsletter
Semlak
by Georg Schmidt
Fifty Years After - Part 1
by George Kaiser
Fifty
Years After - Part 2
by George Kaiser
Fifty
Years After - Part 3
by George Kaiser
Diary of Deportation
by Andreas Toth
Weddings in Semlak
Laying to Rest in Semlak
Trip to Semlak 2002
by Rose Mary Keller Hughes
More Semlak Photos
@ Snapfish (must register) Semlak Families of Rose Mary Keller
Hughes
Semlak Heimatortsgemeinschaft (H.O.G.)
website:
www.semlak.de
A model of the
Evangelische (Lutheran) church in Semlak.
It is unknown what event prompted the building
of the model,
but the photo is from the archives
of Josef Haibach
who born in Semlak.
Lutheran church bells ringing in Semlak (turn on
your speakers)
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Biserica Evanghelica Semlac 2009
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdBhgkwntQ
Since 15
years we also celebrate an Ecumenical Christmas (the
beginning was in our Lutheran Church in 1997)
- each
year in other church of Semlak, with more priests and
more choirs. - Walther Sinn, Pfarrer
You may look
view it at YouTube also (there are 4 parts,
each 15 minutes) :
Weihnachtskonzert 2011 Semlak - Teil 1/4 --
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=skXgu70spww).
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Under the recorded film, you may read the following text
in German: "Ecumenical
Christmas concerts"
are organized
every year in Semlak
rotational by the
parish churches between Christmas,
according to the Western Church, and
New Year, according to the
Eastern church
calendar. On
Sunday,
the 9th January 2011,
after the
Christmas 3-d
Eastern
church calendar,
already becoming a traditional
event
was also
held this
year. Host this year's
14th Edition
was the
Evangelical Church of the
Augsburg Confession.
At this
year's ecumenical
Christmas concert
was attended by
clergy and
music groups from Arad,
Nadlak, Petschka,
Großpereg and from the
host town
Semlak. Also
present were representatives
of the Romanian-Orthodox,
Greek-Catholic,
Roman-Catholic,
Protestant (Lutheran and
Calvin), Pentecost,
Ruthenian (Greek-catholik)
and Jewish
church. They were joined by
the traditional
carol singers
of Marosch-valley,
called Dobaschi.
The annual
Ecumenical
Christmas concerts
in Semlak
give faith communities
the opportunity to visit
other
churches and each other
to get closer.
It's not just about
ecumenism but
also to
multilingualism.
Blessed is
the
same, but
one God,
and in
one voice.
The event was supported
by the local government
Semlak too.
Camera and
production:
Adrian Ardelean,
Arad, January 2011"
- Walther Sinn, Pfarrer |
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