Jaroslav Vajda, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jaroslav Vajda

hymnwriter

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1919

Date of Death: 10-May-2008

Profession: poet, translator, songwriter, lyricist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jaroslav Vajda

  • Jaroslav Vajda (April 28, 1919 – May 10, 2008) was an American hymnist. Vajda was born to a Lutheran pastor of Slovak descent in Lorain, Ohio, where his father, Rev.
  • John Vajda, was a pastor.
  • Vajda's father served parishes in Emporia, Virginia, Racine, Wisconsin, and finally, from 1926 until his retirement, in East Chicago, Indiana at Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church.
  • Vajda's father and mother (Mary Gecy) were both originally from Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
  • Jaroslav had two brothers, Ludovit and Edward, both pastors, now deceased.
  • Vajda himself pastored parishes in Cranesville, Pennsylvania, (1945-1949); Alexandria, Indiana, (1949-1953); Tarentum, Pennsylvania, (1953-1963); and St.
  • Louis Missouri (1963-1976). Vajda received musical training in childhood and began translating classical Slovak poetry at age 15, when three delegates from the cultural institute of Slovakia visited his father's home and left a box of books of Slovak literature.
  • Vajda did not write his first hymn until age 49.
  • From that time until his death in 2008 at age 89, he wrote over 200 original and translated hymns that appear worldwide in more than 65 hymnals.
  • He also published two collections of hymn texts, numerous books, translations, and articles.
  • Vajda served on hymnal commissions for Hymnal Supplement (1969) and Lutheran Book of Worship (1978).
  • In recognition of his significant contributions to the world of Christian hymnody, Vajda was named a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
  • He also received an honorary doctorate degree from his alma mater, Concordia Seminary, in 2007.Vajda was a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, and was the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates recognizing hymnal contributions.
  • After 18 years in a mostly bilingual ministry, he became the editor of This Day Magazine and then became a book editor and developer at Concordia Publishing House.
  • Jaroslav Vajda retired in 1986.

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