Members of First Unitarian have visited our Partner Church four times to date. While each trip has been different, they all included the pilgrimage to the Transylvanian Historic Sites and the four days spent with our partner church where we are housed and fed with our host families. What makes each trip unique is the side trips to the various UNESCO Heritage Sites in Romania. Although Romania participated in both world wars, major battles did not take place in the country. As a result, the country’s cultural monuments and medieval sites were not damaged.

2006 Visit to Szentegyháza

In August of 2006, the UUPCC worked with First Unitarian to set up a pilgrimage to our selected partner church in. Marida, who was instrumental in pursuing the partnership program, was unable to join the group on the trip. She did manage to go a week before us and acted as an ambassador to the group who followed. She is shown here singing with the congregation.

The pilgrimage part of the trip began with visiting the National Unitarian Church in Kolozsvár, including the Unitarian Headquarters, high school and university. From there the trip included other Unitarian sites and interesting Transylvanian side trips before and after spending four days in the village.

2012 Visit to Szentegyháza

Our second Trip was April of 2012 and the pilgrimage brought deeper meaning to our fellow travelers because we made connections with other Unitarians joining us on the same journey and the appreciation of the origins and history of our unusual faith community. We met travelers on our tour that came from other UU churches in the USA.

The pilgrimage part of the trip began with visiting the National Unitarian Church in Kolozsvár, including the Unitarian Headquarters, high school and university. From there the trip included other Unitarian sites and interesting Transylvanian side trips before and after spending four days in the village.

2015 Visit to Szentegyháza

First Unitarian visited our partner church again in June of 2015. The 2015 trip to Transylvania was actually two trips in one. The pilgrimage part of the trip began with visiting the National Unitarian Church in Kolozsvár, including the Unitarian Headquarters, high school and university. From there the trip included other Unitarian sites. A large part of the trip was traveling through northern Romania just north of the Carpathian Mountains, a natural border that separates Transylvania from the rest of the country, before spending four days in the village.

2019 Visit to Szentegyháza

In June of 2019, nine members of The First Unitarian Church of Providence took a fourth pilgrimage to our partner Church in Szentegyhaza. After the Sunday Service we were treated to a catered lunch in the pavilion and participated in a sing-a-long of Transylvanian favorites and American songs led by Neil on his guitar.

Like other trips, the pilgrimage part of the trip began with visiting the National Unitarian Church in Kolozsvár, including the Unitarian Headquarters, high school and university. From there the trip included other Unitarian sites and interesting Transylvanian side trips before and after spending four days in the village.