St. Stephen Harding Church in Apátistvánfalva
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St. Stephen Harding Church in Apátistvánfalva or Apátistvánfalvian Church (Hungarian: Apátistvánfalvai Harding Szent István templom, Slovene: Cerkev Svetega Štefana v Števanovci Prekmurje Slovene: Števanovska cerkev Svétoga Števana Hardinga) is a Baroque Roman Catholic Church in the village of Apátistvánfalva (Števanovci), Hungary. It is near the Hungarian-Slovenian border, in the Vendvidék region. Its patron saint Stephen Harding was an English saint and the founder of the Cistercian Order.
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Because this area is traditionally ethnically Slovenian, mass was offered only in Prekmurje Slovenian. Today, mass is shown in Hungarian and the local Prekmurje Slovenian dialect.