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At the end of the 19th<\/sup> century, a significant religious revival movement unfolded in the Ny\u00edregyh\u00e1za Evangelical Church, which led to the formation of free church communities under the influence of Slovak itinerant preachers from Upper Hungary and B\u00e1cska. The most significant grouping, after the imprisonment of its leader, J\u00f3zsef Rohacsek in 1920, came under the protection of the Methodist Church. Although Slovak language use was strengthened for a time thanks to the connection with the Slovak-speaking revival movement, the process of Magyarization naturally accelerated after 1920. Pastor J\u00f3zsef M\u00e1rkus was determined to preserve the Slovak language, in Ny\u00edregyh\u00e1za the public use of Slovak was almost exclusively restricted to the Methodist congregation. Despite this, the population exchange found a heavily Magyarized community, whose resettlement was met with incomprehension and astonishment by both the Methodist Church and the town’s public opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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