Men and women, youths and maidens, entered the sacred house through special doors.
First came the young men and took their places in the galleries, the students all gathering in a body on the same side as the organ.

Next entered the married men in the order of their age, the wardens--or, as they were popularly known, the "big-heads"-- taking their seats in the first pew facing the pulpit.

On the left of the pulpit were seated the foremost families of the place, with the Adorjans at their head.
For the first time Blanka now saw the people assembled in their holiday attire, a costume peculiar to the place, and showing a mixture of Hungarian and German dress.

The men wore black dolmans faced with lamb's fleece, and further decorated with rows of carnelian and amethyst buttons, the setting of the stones being silver.

Under the dolman was worn a waistcoat of fine leather embroidered with threads of silk and gold, and around the waist was girt a belt, as broad as one's hand, of red leather handsomely trimmed with strips of many-coloured skins.