"We recognize the role of Christianity in preserving the nation. We appreciate the different religions of our country traditions"
Before the meeting of the Hungarian Standing Conference (HSC; Magyar Állandó Értekezlet; MÁÉRT) and the Diaspora Council, on November 18, 2022, the MÁÉRT - 2022 Hungarian National Prayer Breakfast was held for the first time.
The event for nearly 80 people was organized by the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group Foundation, and its participants were members of the Hungarian Diaspora Council, members of the Hungarian Standing Conference and members of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group. In the presidency, Dr. Márta Mátrai, House Speaker of the Parliament, Dr. Bence Rétvári, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Interior, Dr. György Bakondi, Emeritus Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group Foundation, Dr. Imre Vejkey, Head of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group, Dr. György Urkuti, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group Foundation and Mónika Bartos, a member of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group, took their seats.
The outstanding significance of the event was given by the fact that it was the first Hungarian National Prayer Breakfast that focused on Hungarians. It was attended by representatives of the Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin, on the one hand, and representatives of Hungarians outside the entire Carpathian Basin, on the other hand. Accordingly, the guiding principles of the event were the unity of the nation, the preservation of our Christian identity and its power to hold the nation together.
After the opening speech by the leader of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group, Dr. Imre Vejkey, those present were greeted by the Speaker of the Parliament, Dr. Márta Mátrai. She emphasized that we can only do what we can do together, by encouraging and strengthening each other, without fear, to positively influence the ever-growing spiritual struggle raging in the country, Europe and the world. We can achieve thing together with believers who think responsibly, in whom the fire of the Holy Spirit blazes, who have found their true identity through faith, who are ready to live and die for their people, for this nation, for their Hungarian identity.
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After the presentations by the members of the Prayer Group, the participants said a joint prayer for peace and the
for refugees and asked the Lord's help against the war going on in the world and especially in Ukraine. The event ended with the performance of our old Hungarian hymn, Our Lady of the Blessed Mother, performed by Márta Sebestyén, Kossuth and Ferenc Liszt prize-winning folk singer.
The speakers of the event were:
- Dr. György Bakondi, Chairman Emeritus of the Hungarian Prayer Group Foundation's Board of Trustees
- Dr. György Urkuti, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hungarian Prayer Group Foundation
- Dr. Róbert Szendrei, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Hungarian Prayer Group Foundation
- Mónika Bartos, member of the Hungarian Parliamentary Prayer Group
- Dr. Ádám Berniczei-Roykó, member of the Hungarian Prayer Group Foundation's Board of Trustees
The greetings and lectures given at the event are available here:
Photos from the event: