Szekely Calvary - Vetca
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Székelyvécke/Veţca is a community, the villages Székelyszállás/Sălaşuri and Magyarzsákod/Jacodu belong to it. The interior area of the village is crossed by the Vécke stream; its main parts are Alszeg, Felszeg, Kicsiszer, Hammas völgy szorosa, Szőlős völgy szorosa, Lapos and Dónát streets. Uninhabited buildings indicate that at the time of collectivization many people left the village. In the mid-20th century it still used to have almost 1000 inhabitants; by now, the number of the population decreased below 400. Frequent local surnames are Birtalan, Csiszér, Tóth, Lukács, Balázs, Sánta, Fülöp and Dán.
Székelyvécke/Veţca is a village situated 28 km southeast from Târgu Mureş in a longitudinal valley, at the watershed of the catchment area of the Târnava Mică and Târnava Mare, at the headwaters of the Vécke and Zsákod streams. The Roman Catholic Church in Székelyvécke/Veţca was built between 1790 and 1792 and was consecrated to the Nativity of Mary; the earlier church stood in the place of today’s cemetery. The parish reclaimed and restored the building of the nationalized denominational school; since 1998 it has been used by a Kolping Family organization.
It deserves attention that within the parish community the youth help the elderly who remained alone, e.g. they chop woods for them. The church pilgrimage (8 September) is the biggest local celebration, an occasion when also those who left the village return home. Because of the four open-air altars, the Corpus Christi procession is called kalyibás búcsú ’shack pilgrimage’. The Szekler Calvary near the village was finished in 2014 and the Chapel of Divine Mercy was consecrated in 2015.
It deserves attention that within the parish community the youth help the elderly who remained alone, e.g. they chop woods for them. The church pilgrimage (8 September) is the biggest local celebration, an occasion when also those who left the village return home. Because of the four open-air altars, the Corpus Christi procession is called kalyibás búcsú ’shack pilgrimage’. The Szekler Calvary near the village was finished in 2014 and the Chapel of Divine Mercy was consecrated in 2015.
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