May the sun never set on your anger
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Želmíra Mikulášová was born as Želmíra Agnetová on August 12, 1953 in Rožňava. She spent her childhood years in Ochtina, where her father Ján Agnet worked as a protestant pastor, and her mother Anna Agnetová, nee Ťahúňová, took care of the household, Želmíra and her younger brother Daniel. As a supporter of church attitudes, his father confronted the communist regime, he was sent him to prison in 1962 on the basis of false accusations. He passed difficult pre-trial detention and in a subsequent court trial with protestant pastors, the so-called Juráš Group was sentenced to 18 months in prison for anti-state activities. He was released on parole in July 1962 due to deteriorating health. The regime forbade him to continue to perform religious service, thus the family moved to his grandparents in Závažná Poruba. Želmíra and her family were persecuted during her father’s detention and they were deprived of funds. In later years, the family moved to Martin. Zelmira’s father gradually found a job here in Matica slovenská, where he became an important factor in the field of research and preservation of historical presses. After graduating from the Pedagogical School in Turčianske Teplice, Želmíra worked as an educator in a school club in Lipovec, later in Martin at a youth primary school and at the Evangelical Primary School in Martin. In 1975, she married Ľubomír Mikuláš, with whom she raised three children. Since 2017, Želmíra Mikulášová has been living on a permanent pension in Martin. Želmír ‘s father Ján Agnet died in 1993, he never pursued religious service again and the rehabilitation of his name took place posthumously, including the unveiling of a memorial plaque by the inhabitants of Ochtina in 2009.
