 Zsupánek went on pilgrimages to Graz, Mariazell, Maribor, and the Slovene Hills and he became familiar with many hymns in German, Hungarian, and Latin, as well as hymns in the Slovene Hills dialect, closely related to the Prekmurje dialect.Zsupánek wrote his first hymns in Hungarian.In 1908, he published his prayer book and hymnal "Vu Iméni Ocsé, i Sziná, i Dühá, szvétoga Ámen" (In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen).