Pécsely Family Chapel
invitational tender

Zoltán Berzsák, Eszter Balogh, Edit Monori-Szabó, Levente Puskas, Dorottya Szvák,

Berzák Bulcsú

Pécsely

2025

"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, for I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live!" /Deuteronomy 30:19/

Life and death – blessing and curse. This chapel accompanies man's earthly journey from birth through baptism, marriage, family and church celebrations to earthly death. Is this the end? The 14th station? Our project plan seeks to answer this question that preoccupies us all. Two materials – local stone, the material of the former wine press house, symbolizes eternity, while iron, the door of the former cellar, appears strong but is consumed by time. The introduction follows the path of God who became man. Under the symbolic bell tower, we can enter the building between the family tomb, which will be created from the existing cellar, and the chapel. The simple chapel, reminiscent of a wine press house, turns away from the axis of the cellar. Upon entering the building, the tomb is on the left and the chapel is on the right, which opens up towards the lake opposite the sanctuary. Outside, an iron cross proclaims the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?'" (John 11:25-26)