Gergely Szilvay

Gergely Szilvay

GERGELY SZILVAY (1983) journalist, editor. He received his degree in history and communication from Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and is currently working towards his PhD in political theory. As a journalist, he has been working for the daily Magyar Nemzet, the online Catholic journal Magyar Kurír, and the Inforádió. Currently, he is an associate editor for Mandiner. Between 2016–2017, he was a beneficiary of the Kőrösi Csoma Sándor scholarship in New York.

THE RESTORATION OF THE TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIAN ARISTOCRATS

Transylvania and aristocracy – if these two words bring anything to mind beyond the long-gone centuries of the Principality of Transylvania, then it is perhaps The Transylvanian Trilogy by Miklós Bánffy, three volumes relating the history of the region, titled individually in English: They Were Counted; They Were Found Wanting;

A CENTURY OF CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENTS IN HUNGARY

Youth movements are a new phenomenon in the history of Christianity. There were many movements with a goal, most often for reforming the Church and for returning to the roots, like the Gregorian movement of Saint Pope Gregory VII, the Cistercian movement, the conciliar movement or the Reformation itself. But all of those had a goal. Modern movements can also have a goal, but sometimes their aim is simply organising people, for the sake of community – as said in the English world,