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33 houses. During the 19' century there was considerable decrease due to natural adjustment. In 1896 only 45
orthodox believers were living in Miskolc.
At the beginning the greek community in Miskolc included monks (probably they were wandering monks who
were offered hospitality for a while). " The wandering monks might have collected donations for their
monasteries and at the same time their presence was essential in spreading manuscripts and publications
written in the greek language..". Since 1756 they had permanent priests, some times, even two simultaneously
such as in 1777. They used two names "parokus" and "Kaplan" (the latter not meaning the assistant priest but
meaning the "priest of the chapel". In latin, the word chapel is capella, so the word "Kaplan" means the "one
who serves in the chapel").
In the second half of the 19' century, the Greek priest of Miskolc was Emilian Margo ( brother of the famous
doctor-professor Tivadar Margo). The last priest of Greek origin in the 20' century was Konstantin Popovics ,
who for almost 40 years ( until his death at the beginning of the 70s) was in charge of the greek parish in
Miskolc and obtain great honor in safeguarding the treasures of the greek community. He played a great role
in replenishing the orthodox belief in Miskolc after the crisis at the beginning of the 20' century. During his
service, at the beginning of 1950 the community was integrated in the Hungarian orthodox church. At the
beginning of the 19' century, the Greeks in Miskolc were calling themselves "Macedonian-Vlachoi of the old
belief". During the 18' century the greek community exceeded the frames of the chapel dedicated to Agios
Naoum. Already in 1777 they asked the metropolitan bishop of Karlovac to give them permission in order to
build a temple( the by the Greeks established community of Miskolc belonged directly to Karlovac). The
foundation stone of the temple, which was designed by Johann Michart, was placed in 1785. It was blessed by
the greek bishop of Buda, Dionusziosz Popovics in the name of the Holy Trinity. The shrine, the decoration
and the Holly Grave were created by Miklós Jankovics, which is proven by the latin-greek inscription on top
of the royal gate which contains the name of the wood sculptor and on the sides of the text the years 1791 and
1793 appear in the shape of a ribbon. The greek text consists of the words that describe the act of crossing
oneself. The drawings in the shrine and the paintings are works of the painter Anton Kulchmeister.
In Miskolc, the treasures of the temple and of the greek community are presented in more exhibitions. In the
building of the parish ( once of a greek school) opened a Hungarian Orthodox Museum. The "Greek yard"
stands almost unspoiled and they also maintained some of the houses of the Greek traders in Széchenyi street.
In the northern part of the "Greek yard" exists the building of the old hospital.
Szentendre
The Temple Blagovesztenszka with its Slavic name which is in Fo square in Szentendre, is more popularly
known as "Grecska"( the name as a nickname means "young Greek"). ( The Slavic name is Annunciation of
the Mother of God-Evagelismos Theotokou-a celebration of the 25' of March.). Some people claim that the
name "Grecska" derives from the greek inscription in the tombstone which is in the side gate. As we continued
the search, however, we discovered an interesting clue. In one of the protocols in 1697 we can see the
complete diagram of the coverage of Szentendre in which we find the "Temple of the greeks" and then a few
lines further, the "Temple of the Serbians'. Analyzing the text of the protocol we conclude that the Temple of
the Serbians was probably in the place of the current memorial cross of Tsar Lazaros and the one of the Greeks
was in "the street that leads to the Danube", in other words in the same place where the existing above
mentioned temple is nowadays.
Both the Greeks and the Serbians had their own temple since in 1690 along with the mass of the Serbian
refugees, Greeks and Macedonian-rumanians arrived in the country as well. In Szentendre it is not easy to
distinguish between the Greeks and the Serbians, but it is clear that the number of Serbians was from the
beginning a lot bigger than that of the Greeks and slowly the difference grew bigger. In the census that took
place in 173 7 in the county of Pest, in Szentendre no Greeks were registered but it occurred at the same time
when the right to do business in this city was given to the Greek traders of other cities, such as in 1739 in
Janos Kefala of Tokaj. Based on the names included in the protocols and the registrar's office's books, we can
assume the existence of greeks in that city, too. There is also evidence about the relations between the Greeks
in Szentendre and those in Pest, in Ujvidek( Novi Sad), Kecskemet, \ac, Balassagyarmat, Gyöngyös and Tokaj.
Only one census was saved in Szentendre, a document of 1774-75 which contains 22 names. Of all the
censuses that took place
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