tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9555343.post7335618725513769400..comments2023-08-28T03:21:40.351-07:00Comments on To all the world...: Resurrection Sunday Dance, Budapest, HungaryRobert S. Mundayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377574491812912442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9555343.post-21443707093008374122010-08-23T19:13:49.334-07:002010-08-23T19:13:49.334-07:00I received this comment by e-mail and am reprintin...I received this comment by e-mail and am reprinting it here with the writer's permission:<br />-------------------<br />To get the impact of this video, it's worth tracking down and reading James Michener's little book, Bridge at Andau (ISBN 978-0394417783), a chronicle of the brave citizens who rose up against their communist oppressors in October of 1956. Into this very square ("Heroes Square") Moscow sent the tanks to suppress the rebellion in Nov. of '56. Michener was living in Austria at the time, and he reported the events from Vienna near the "bridge at Andau" where many Hungarians escaped to safety in Western Europe. <br /><br />When the Iron Curtain finally fell, and Hungary became free, October 23 was declared a national holiday in honor of the rebellion during the fall of 1956. <br /><br />I happened to be teaching for Reformed Theological Seminary in Budapest on Oct. 23, 1996, the 40th anniversary of that celebration. What celebrations there were were muted, the memories were so painful. It was sobering. I remember walking, virtually alone in this square. <br /><br />The reality these kids are dancing to is the singular hope of the world, of Hungary, of the Episcopal church: "When life triumphed on Resurrection Sunday."<br /><br />Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. <br /><br />Reggie Kidd<br />[Professor of New Testament]<br />Reformed Theological Seminary, OrlandoRobert S. Mundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07377574491812912442noreply@blogger.com