Messages of Support to Subcarpathia

Ukrainian-Russian conflict. What would you say to the Hungarians living in Subcarpathia during this critical situation in Ukraine? – this was the question that the reformed radio station (Sion) in Beregszász asked the Presidency Council of the Hungarian Reformed Church on 7 March. Here you can read the edited versions of their responses.

24/03/2014
címkék: hungarian reformed church (hrc), solidarity, ukraine, bishops

The Path We Turn To

Zsolt Németh opened the Károli Gáspár University conference on Judaism in Hungary in the 20th and 21st centuries with this sentiment: “You cannot address the bright future without the dark past,” however he continued, “That future is at risk when in the name of Christianity, people speak from the dark past, from a place of intolerance...”

21/03/2014
címkék: conference, holocaust, protestant/jewish relations, károli gáspár university

Today’s Hungarian Soldiers of Nagysalló

The Revolution of 1848–49. A handful of Hungarians in Nagysalló cherish the memory of one of the bloodiest battles in the war for independence. At one site of the “glorious” spring campaign in Felvidék, we find descendants of late Hungarian soldiers.

13/03/2014
címkék: 1848, 15 March, revolution, history
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Lóránt Hegedűs Jr. Reprimanded

The verdict has been given in the disciplinary procedure regarding the service at the Szabadság Square reformed church and unveiling of the Horthy statue occurring on 3 November, in which the presbytery court has issued a written reprimand to Rev. Lóránt Hegedűs Jr.

11/03/2014
címkék: legal, szabadság square, loránt hegedűs

Supporting Roma Mission

To understand more about the collaboration between HEKS and the RCH, we spoke with Project Coordinator Petra Dienes about the details of the "Country Program," which focuses on support through the “strengthening of congregations to foster and cooperate with Roma children and young persons.”

10/03/2014
címkék: HEKS, interview, roma ministry, agreement, petra dienes

Facing the Past and the Present

The individual and the community are determined by their own past. Whether they like and admit it or not, the past is always with them, in them, that is why it is essential to know it, emphasized historian László Tőkéczki, Lay President of the Danubian Reformed Church District.

04/03/2014
címkék: interview, tőkéczki, church revision
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Refocusing on God's Kingdom

Park One Ho, the senior pastor of the Lord Church in Seoul, South Korea, was a recent guest of the Reformed Church in Hungary. With more than 12,000 active members, his congregation, Lord Church, is one of the largest congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Korea.

04/03/2014
címkék: presbyterian church of korea (pck), partner

Report on Child Trauma Conference

The RCH hosted a conference about childhood trauma - what is it, what are its effects, and how to work with traumatized children. The keynote speaker was Eamon Anderson, a social worker working with American Indian tribes and childhood trauma researcher at the University of Montana.

28/02/2014
címkék: pcusa, mission co-workers, conference

Marriage summed up in six points

Good marriage is not exoticism, Tamás Mohay told us while his wife Ilona Keresztes encouraged everyone to not be afraid of marriage. They are the faces of this year’s Marriage Week in Hungary, which held its opening press conference on 6 February.

20/02/2014
címkék: marriage week, marriage
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