Pentecost Circular of the Hungarian Reformed Church

On the Feast of Pentecost, we greet the Hungarian Reformed community of the Carpathian Basin and the world!

05/06/2025

címkék: pentecost, general convent

Celebration of Presence and Community

A large number of people attended this year's Hungarian Reformed Unity Day in Debrecen, despite the cool weather. The Great Church and its surroundings hosted the event, which included various church services, music, youth and children's programmes, and a women's association conference.

30/05/2025

címkék: unity day, hungarian reformed church (hrc), bridge of love

HRCA’s Response to the Floods in Transylvania

A team of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) dispacthed for Transylvania with two tons of humanitarian aid and water pumps to help flood victims and displaced families. HRCA also launched a donation campaign inviting members of the Hungarian reformed community in the region.

02/06/2025

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), transylvania, parajd, flood

"The galley slaves are crown witnesses for us"

Three hundred and fifty years ago, thirty Hungarian Protestant preachers were sold into slavery in the port of Naples. Now, centuries later, Hungarian pilgrims commemorated them in the same place. They discovered the legacy of their religious ancestors up close.

23/05/2025

címkék: galley slaves

"By means of their faith they still speak even though they are dead"

The 8th of May marked the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the Reformed and Lutheran pastors and preachers in the city of Naples, condemned by a special court in Pozsony (Pressburg, today Bratislava), sold as galley slaves.

14/05/2025

címkék: galley slaves

Godmothers for families in Transcarpathia

The initiative launched by the Women's Association of RCH benefiting families in great distress in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, is now in its eighth year. According to the vice-president of the association, Márta Juhász, not only financial help but also spiritual support is indispensable.

05/05/2025

címkék: reformed church in transcarpathia, ukraine, women's association

RCH’s donation reached the community in Congo

In a worship service, the Christian congregation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose seventy members were abducted and murdered for their faith in February, thanked the Reformed Church in Hungary and the Hungary Helps Agency for their joint support.

08/05/2025

címkék: hungary helps, congo

The Unheard Voice

On April 3-5th, women from Syria, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Northern Ireland came together to share their stories of faith and perseverance in conflict. The conference, entitled “The Unheard Voice: Women’s Persevering Witness in War,” served as a space for testimony, reflection, and solidarity, offering a powerful witness to the strength and hope found in the face of hardship. Though each woman came from a different background and context, their voices echoed a shared resilience grounded in their faith and communities.

07/04/2025

címkék: the unheard voice, wcrc europe, national evangelical synod in syria and lebanon (nessl), Middle East, wcrc, reformed church in transcarpathia

Congolese Christian delegation thanks the RCH for its support

"For us in Hungary today, martyrdom, the witness that we can lay down our lives for the cause of Jesus Christ in a given situation, is unknown, and that is why we have great respect for those Christians who remain believers in Christ even in the most difficult circumstances," said Bishop József Steinbach, Ministerial President of the Synod, on Wednesday, 9 April, at the Ráday House in Budapest, where the Presidium of the Reformed Church in Hungary met with a delegation of Congolese Christians helped by the Church and the "Planetrise" (Földkelte) Association for Culture and Environmental Protection.

10/04/2025

címkék: congo, persecuted christians

Heralds of the Good News

"We are the heralds of this Good News even though we live in a world where our hearts are filled with sorrow day by day seeing the triumph of the powers of war and devastation." Joint Easter greeting of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary.

20/04/2025

címkék: easter, hungarian catholic bishops conference, ecumenical council of churches in hungary (ecch)

We Believe in the Victory of Life

"With the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God made life triumph, so we believe in the victory of life." Easter message of the Presidium of the General Convent, the governing body of the Hungarian reformed community in the Carpathian Basin and worldwide.

16/04/2025

címkék: easter

Bethesda Hospital Awarded Health Promoting Hospital of the Year

Institutions which have provided outstanding work in the field of health promotion and prevention were awarded. In the category of ‘urban hospitals’, Bethesda Children's Hospital of the Reformed Church in Hungary received the most prestigious recognition.

15/04/2025

címkék: Bethesda Children Hospital

Translation that Truly Unites

The first truly ecumenical Bible translation in Hungarian is being prepared. Protestant and Catholic biblical scholars are working together on the ambitious project. The ecumenical publication is not intended to replace existing Bibles, but to produce a text that is more dynamic and accessible translation.

14/04/2025

címkék: ecumenical translation, hungarian bible society, bible

HRCA Offers Emergency Response in Myanmar

The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid is preparing a humanitarian aid shipment to Myanmar, the country hardest hit by the earthquake. HRCA has also launched a countrywide fundraising campaign and seeks cooperation with the service and development department of the Myanmar Council of Churches.

04/04/2025

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), myanmar, earthquake

Sharing Burden and Bread

Martina Wasserloos Strunk, President of the European Area of the World Communion of Reformed Churches paid another visit to the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia in the spirit of Christian solidarity, with a focus on women’s role in war. Highlight of the program was the preparatory meeting with women to represent the RCT at the women’s retreat in Beirut.

02/04/2025

címkék: women, wcrc europe, world communion of reformed churches (wcrc), ukraine, reformed church in transcarpathia

“I am doing the best I can with what I have”

Global Ministries, an international partner of the Reformed Church in Hungary, featured the efforts of churches and communities in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, in its winter newsletter 2025. In her winter newsletter, Emma Perry, current Global Mission Intern writes about her experiences.

29/03/2025

címkék: global ministries, reformed church in transcarpathia, ukraine, global mission intern (GMI)

Swiss Partners Explored Ministries of RCH

RCH hosted a delegation from member churches of the Protestant Church in Switzerland and HEKS Swiss Church Aid from March 13 to March 14. The representatives visited with various departments and missions of RCH and the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid to gain greater insight into the church's activities and mission in Hungary.

24/03/2025

címkék: refugee ministry, roma ministry, visit, HEKS

Life in the Shadow of the War in Transcarpathia

Three years ago, the war in Ukraine escalated, changing the lives of Hungarians in Transcarpathia, including many members Reformed community. The ‘Retour’ crew of the communication service of RCH visited Transcarpathia, the most Western region of Ukraine, in February, on the anniversary of the Russian invasion

20/03/2025

címkék: ukraine, reformed church in transcarpathia, video

Online Evangelisation at the Center of Discussion

The annual meeting of the Youth Committee of the General Convent, an important forum bringing together youth representatives from the Hungarian-speaking Reformed churches of the region took place on 24-26 February with nearly 150 participants representing church communities from six countries. It also served as the opening event of the thematic year dedicated to the youth ministry.

19/03/2025

címkék: youth ministry, general convent, year of the youth ministry

Women Leading by Example

We often hear about the disadvantages women have faced throughout history - we need only recall the lack of voting rights or forced marriages. Only on rare occasions, however, is it discussed that they have played a crucial role in shaping history even within these constraints. Their contribution was essential in equality and mutual respect we enjoy today.

14/03/2025

címkék: women, history