Mátyás Godina

The native form of this personal name is Godina Mátyás. This article uses the Western name order.

Mátyás Godina (Slovene: Matjaž Godina, Prekmurian: Mátjaš Godina (ar. 1768 – January 1, 1835) Slovene Lutheran pastor, writer and teacher in Hungary.

Born in Lemerje, Godina's family was of minor nobility. He went to school in Surd in Somogy county, where he lived and worked with two Slovene littérateurs: István Küzmics and Mihály Bakos. Godina graduated from the Lutheran Lyceum of Sopron and returned to his home region Tótság (Prekmurje) as a consecrated priest.

Between 1793-1799, Godina worked as a teacher, and after the death of the priest István Szmodis, Godina became the pastor in 1821. From 1821 until his death, Godina was a priest and a teacher in Gornji Petrovci.

Godina wrote church hymns, sermons and school curricula in the Prekmurian language.

Sources

Evangeličanska cerkvena občina Bodonci
Vili Kerčmar: Evangeličanska cerkev na Slovenskem, Murska Sobota 1995.

Municipality of Gornji Petrovci

Settlements	Administrative centre: Gornji Petrovci Adrijanci Boreča Košarovci Križevci Kukeč Lucova Martinje Neradnovci Panovci Peskovci Stanjevci Šulinci Ženavlje

Landmarks	Gornji Petrovci Evangelical Church Holy Trinity Parish Church St. Anne's Church

Notable people	János Berke Max Cosyns József Ficzkó Mátyás Godina Milan Kučan Pál Luthár Sándor Mikola

Municipality of Puconci

Settlements

Administrative centre: Puconci

Current	Beznovci Bodonci Bokrači Brezovci Dankovci Dolina Gorica Kuštanovci Lemerje Mačkovci Moščanci Otovci Pečarovci Poznanovci Predanovci Prosečka Vas Puževci Šalamenci Strukovci Vadarci Vaneča Zenkovci

Former	Novi Beznovci Stari Beznovci

Landmarks

Bodonci Lutheran Church
Puconci Lutheran Church
St. Sebastian's Church

Notable people

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Mátyás Godina

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