The words of King Stephen in the Hungarian rock opera István, a Király are appropriate in reference to the European Union, too: “You’re so far away, but still close.” For the outsider, the network of the European Institutions seems to be a complicated, Kafkaesque system in which competing bodies, institutions and communities lobby for their own interests – only comprehensible to those who are actively involved in it. However, the European community is much more than that, having an ever-growing influence on our everyday lives. Folytatódik…. →
The Reformed Church in Hungary had resolved to make considerable contributions to the work of Hungary’s rotating EU presidency – which has just ended – with an emphatic presence and the organisation of events related to the themes of the presidency. The following is a summary of this presence. Folytatódik…. →
The dialogue between cultures, the role of education in integration, the relationship of church and the Roma community, as well as job creation were among the topics discussed by the participants of the Roma mission consultation held at the Budapest office of the Reformed Church of Hungary. The event was organised by the Mission and Foreign Offices of RCH, and was one of the Reformed Church’s several programmes related to the rotating Hungarian EU presidency. Folytatódik…. →
A conference entitled “The Role of Churches in Social Reconciliation in East-Central Europe: Central Europe as a Model of Religious Diversity” was organised by the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary (ECCH), the foundation called Reconciliation in South East Europe (RSEE), and the Budapest office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) between 10-12 March 2011. The conference was held within the framework of the “Healing of Memories” project, and is considered to be a special event of the Reformed Church of Hungary concerning the current Hungarian EU presidency. Folytatódik…. →
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A conference entitled “The Role of Churches in Social Reconciliation in East-Central Europe” is to be held in Budapest, between 10-12 March. The event, which has the subtitle “Central Europe as a Model of Religious Diversity,” is being organised by the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary (ECCH), the Budapest office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), and the foundation called Reconciliation in South East Europe (RSEE), within the framework of the “Healing of Memories” project. The program is a highlighted event of the Reformed Church in Hungary during the Hungarian EU Presidency in 2011. What opinion do the Reformed contributors have about the conference’s goals?
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On 22 May 2009, the Hungarian Reformed Church celebrating its constitution opened the doors to the 21st century for our communities. Christ is the future, together we follow him! This faith clearly designates Christ as the Lord of the Christian community, but admitting his superiority and trusting in his grace, leaving the exact description of the community to the future. Together – says the faith, i.e. not alone. Those who follow Him do not live in hostility, against each other or passively, beside each other, but together, “as one body”. Preserving the strength and resilience of our witness on 22 May the Hungarian Reformed Church has the opportunity in connection with the Hungarian presidency to profess faith in a Christian future again, declaring more precisely and profoundly how it understands and reaches the spiritual community that still lives in Christ. Folytatódik…. →
Not only is Europe the meeting point of nations, it is also where the greatest conflicts among those nations take place. Not only has it been the birthplace of grand ideas and thoughts over the centuries of world history, but also the home of ideologies capable of vanquishing or even destroying peoples and nations.
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Királyhágómellék Reformed Church District (in present-day Romania) is quite close to the geometric centre of historical (pre-1920) Hungary. Nevertheless, as a consequence of the drastic reduction of Hungary’s borders by the Treaty of Trianon, we can no longer really say that we belong to the eastern section of Central Europe. Instead, what we can call our home these days is Eastern Europe. We joke with an ironic tone that we are the western section of this eastern region. Folytatódik…. →
A conference entitled “The Role of Churches in Social Reconciliation in East-Central Europe” is to be held in Budapest, between 10-12 March. The event, which has the subtitle “Central Europe as a Model of Religious Diversity,” has been organised by the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary (ECCH), the Budapest office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), as well as the foundation called Reconciliation in South East Europe (RSEE), within the framework of the “Healing of Memories” project.
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On the invitation of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary, the leaders of Austrian, Czech, Slovak and Polish ecumenical organisations visited Budapest to hold a discussion on 14-15 February. The discussion revolved around the programme of the Hungarian churches concerning the EU presidency, as well as the opportunities of co-operation. Folytatódik…. →
The annual meeting of the networks of two European church organizations was held in Budapest from February 14 to 15. It was hosted by the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Hungarian Reformed experts drafted the program of the first part of the two-day meeting to which the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), Eurodiaconia invited representatives of their partner organizations and cooperating churches. Folytatódik…. →
