At the end of 1944, by defiling the front line and calming down weapons brought the Transcarpathian Hungarians and Germans not the era of peace and calmness but a period when they had to face up further hardships. According to the created Doctrine of Collective Guilt - which declared the collective guilt of Germans and Hungarians - and the consequences of the lost World War for ten thousands of people belonging to these ethnics the were deportations, forced labour and malenykij robot.
A Roma meeting was held in our Diocese. This program was proposed by the Roma people in Beregújfalú. Istvan Kamaras a Hungarian intellectual of Gypsy,-who came with his wife - gave a presentation on the history of Gypsies and their appearance in the Carpathian Basin. The program was organized in the square near the church (this church was consecrated for two years ago).
Double celebration was organized at the Cathedral of Mukachevo on 27 October. Bishop Antal Majnek ordained Laszlo Megyeshi as a permanent Deacon and remembered for the first anniversary of rededication of our cathedral.
Commemorative Mass in the Uzhok Pass
A Commemorative Mass was presented in the Uzhok Pass on 15 September (feast day: Our Lady of Sorrows). Near the world war memorial (on the border of Lviv and Transcarpathia oblasts), the priests and the believers from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo commemorated about those Hungarian, Austrian and Russian soldiers who died here 100 years ago. They are buried in a common grave and the priests and believers pray for their spiritual salvation. The main celebrant of the Commemorative Mass was bishop Antal Majnek and its Holy Mass was organized for his initiative.
Requiem mass in Mukachevo for the victims of the plane crash
On Monday morning, July 21, bishop Antal Majnek presented a requiem mass for the victims of the plane crash which happened on Thursday. As he said: the victims died suddenly and unexpectedly, and that is why there is a particular need in the prayers of our church. The bishop also prayed together with the believers for the parents of the victims, who are experiencing a great pain now, and for the perpetrators who strongly need repentance, as their salvation is in danger.
A Roma meeting was held in our Diocese. This program was proposed by the Roma people in Beregújfalú. Istvan Kamaras a Hungarian intellectual of Gypsy,-who came with his wife - gave a presentation on the history of Gypsies and their appearance in the Carpathian Basin. The program was organized in the square near the church (this church was consecrated for two years ago).
