Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hungerian Priest skateboarding goes viral


Skateboarding Hungarian Priest Video included-

Skateboarding priest Rev. Zoltan Lendvai, who belongs to Hungary has become a viral sensation on YouTube. The Roman Catholic priest has a very unique way of skateboarding and he also feels that it is the path to God for the youngsters.

Rev. Zoltan Lendvai is 45 years old and he is an inhabitant of Redics, which is a little village that is based on the Hungarian and Slovenian border.

He bases his unique skateboarding ways on Saint John Bosco, who was an Italian priest and also an accomplished educator in the 19th century. Saint John Bosco’s main goal and ambition in life was to enhance the quality of life of the youngsters who were financially weak and in this endeavor he also took the aid of games. So Rev. Zoltan is merely following in his footsteps and trying to come closer to the youngsters and make them discover their maker through the aid of skateboarding.

There is a video of the skateboarding priest on YouTube and it has managed to notch up 270,000 views. In fact some one has also uploaded a musical version of the video.

According to Reuters, Rev. Zoltan said that, “Many times I have felt that this is the way I can bring many people a bit closer to Jesus.”

More at :

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/skateboarding-priest-rev-zoltan-lendvai-of-hungary-becomes-a-viral-sensation-on-youtube_100413916.html#ixzz0x3NYgE35

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