The Jas Vasem Institution in Jerusalem welcomed a delegation from the Csenger Reformed Congregation with a ceremony to commemorate the unique material that the delegation contributed to the Institution's collection, which helped elaborate on the common past of the reformed and Jewish from Csenger.
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.
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.
"History is the master of life and we should let the past to show us a way for a more humane and pure future. The past should not be deleted, but from it we should learn how not to commit its faults again."
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.”
“Our deputy bishop has received his summons” – with this announcement, Sándor Zán Fábián opened his report on the Ukrainian crisis at the General Convent’s presidency session. The Presidency Council has released a statement of solidarity for the Reformed people in Subcarpathia.
The bishop and lay president of the Királyhágómellék District of the Reformed Church in Romania, a member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in the Carpathian Basin, have released the following statement of solidarity for the Reformed Church in Ukraine.
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.
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.
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.
In response to the controversy surrounding the Holocaust Memorial Year in Hungary, the Council of Christians and Jews, representing the member Jewish organizations and Christian churches in Hungary, has released a statement.
The second trial regarding the unveiling the Miklós Horthy statue at Szabadság Square was held on 20 February. The Church's legal advisor and the legal representation of Loránt Hegedűs Jr. have both given their closing arguments. The verdict will be announced on 7 March.
Statement of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid regarding the situation in Ukraine: For a week now the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid has been following the situation in Ukraine closely and has taken preparatory measures in the case of humanitarian disaster.
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.
The tradition of celebrating the renewal of faith that occured the age of reformation goes back centuries. The intellectual heritage of the reformers is remembered in both the Carpathian Basin and in Western Europe alike.
The RCH's 1% campaign would like to show conversion and the inner and outer change that comes with it. We have looked for real life stories with real flesh and blood people behind them, whose lives have completely turned around by receiving the gospel and through the service of the Reformed Church.
Among many other things, we spoke with István Csűry, bishop of the Királyhágómellék Reformed Church District, and Béla Kató, bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District, about why Hungarians need Mohács and how ecumenism comes to fruition in Transylvania.
Partnership is an invaluable asset for today’s global church, but it is also a broad term that encompasses many different forms of agreement and cooperation. Never is this more evident than the partnership between the Reformed Church in Hungary and Global Ministries in the USA.