Announcing a sweet idea for use in “Traditions with a Wink!” UU Identity Middle School Curriculum, especially Lesson #8 Heresy Sunday. Thanks to Rev. Ruth Gibson, Denver, CO. for the suggestion!
Poster reproductions of Aladar Korosfoi-Kriesch's famous painting of Francis David and the 1568 Proclamation of Religious Freedom at Torda are now available! These are high quality prints, 16x20 inches, quite suitable for framing and proud display. This is the sepia-colored photogravure that hangs in most Unitarian churches and many homes in Transylvania. Copies have not been available for decades. Also included is an outlined key to all the historic figures depicted in the painting (Zsigmond, the Báthory's, Blandrata, Meliusz, et al) as well as a short history of the Edict of Torda and the painting, written by Dávid Gyero, administrative counselor of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church.
Prints cost $20 each, including shipping and handling. Proceeds
benefit (in descending order) the Kolozsvár Dormitory Project (The
Unitarian Center for Students and Pilgrims), the UU Partner Church
Council, and the Bedford-Abásfalva partnership.
Checks may be made out to First Parish with "Torda Poster" on the
memo line and sent to:
Torda Poster
First Parish, Unitarian Universalist
75 The Great Road
Bedford, MA 01730
P.S. Larger custom sizes of this print are also available (in Transylvania, some churches have copies as large as 42x34 inches). Please specify the size you're interested in, and we can quote a price.
Kate Tweedie Erslev, author, “Traditions with a Wink!”
705 Birky Place Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-221-2901; www.uure.com