BANDI Andras
Bulgarian Lutheran Congregations in Transylvania
Institution:
Central Archives of the Evangelical Church A. C. in Romania, Sibiu
Author's email:
abandister@gmail.com
Abstract:
An almost diminished community, subject to Hungarian and Saxon authorities, made the transition from its Slavonic identity to the Romanian and German by remaining (almost completely) loyal to Lutheranism. This denomination became a strong component of the Bulgarian identity in Transylvania and its only tie to the past. The Lutheran Church Records depict the assimilation of an ethnic minority into two of the major ethnic groups in Transylvania from the 17th to the 20th century A. D.
