After watching a video of Transylvanian ministers who have spent a year at Star King seminary in Berkeley, and talking about what they see as challenges and benefits of their faith and the American UU faith, it appears Unitarian may be the best kept secret in Romania as well as on the Shoreline. Americans have " come-in ers" and Transylvanians are mostly born Unitarians. Their challenges come from border disputes/ shifts as well as the years of Communism over the past century.
The beauty of the church here in Saint George (Sepsiszentgyorgy) is the lightness of the wood, the lightness due to the windows and white walls - a sharp contrast to the dark and gloomy cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
Mary
The photo below is of the newly built (rebuilt) sanctuary in the Sepsiszentgyorgy Unitarian church, with its minister, Istvan, up front leading us in a tour.
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