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St. Stephen’s Day – Celebrating Hungarian National Unity
- 9 Aug 2023 1:33 PM
- community & culture
Every year, the St Stephen’s Day event attracts a large crowd with its colourful programmes spanning several days. Our most significant national holiday brings people together and reminds them of the country’s historical traditions and values.
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary - Part 2
- 2 May 2023 12:22 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrating mass on Sunday morning in Budapest, Pope Francis asked participants to "be open doors" and appealed to world leaders asking them "to build peace and to give the younger generations a future of hope, not war, a future full of cradles not tombs".
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary – Part 1
- 2 May 2023 7:16 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
President Katalin Novák received Pope Francis with military honours in front of the presidential office, Sándor Palace, in the Castle District on Friday.
Watch: Easter Customs In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2023 6:40 AM
- community & culture
Small boys learn this rhyme when they are still in the kindergarten, and they sing it to girls on Easter Monday, and then promptly 'sprinkle' them - without waiting for an answer to the poem:
"Through the greenwood going
I saw a blue violet growing
I saw it start to wither
Can I water this flower?"
Traditions In Hungary: Epiphany, 6 January
- 6 Jan 2023 9:24 AM
- community & culture
Most Hungarians associate January 6 with a quite new custom – taking down the Christmas tree decorated on December 24 (Twelfth Night tradition). However, the customs of this day root much deeper. January 6 not only ends the Christmastide on this, the Twelfth Day of Christmas, but it also marks the beginning of the Carnival Season (Farsang).
First Day of Hanukkah Marked in Hungary
- 20 Dec 2022 7:51 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
“Waiting for a miracle is not the antidote to action, but a prerequisite,” the chief rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) said late on Sunday, the first day of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.
St. Lucy's Day Traditions In Hungary, 13 December
- 13 Dec 2022 9:05 AM
- http://puszta.com/eng
- community & culture
"Named after the Christian virgin, St. Lucy's day (Lucia or Luca’s day - luca napja) is one of the richest in customs and superstitions in Hungary. Before the Gregorian calendar reform, it was the shortest and darkest day of the year, and it marked the beginning of the winter solstice. It is for this reason that numerous traditions and fertility games are linked to this special day.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary: Chapter 3, Part 1.
- 6 Dec 2022 5:46 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Hungarian Traditions On Week Of Dead: All Saints’ Day & All Soul’s Day
- 26 Oct 2022 3:49 PM
- community & culture
In the 8th century Pope Gregory III has started the holiday of the All Saints’ Day, which is celebrated on the first day of November.
St. Stephen’s Day – Celebrating Hungarian National Unity
- 9 Aug 2023 1:33 PM
- community & culture
Every year, the St Stephen’s Day event attracts a large crowd with its colourful programmes spanning several days. Our most significant national holiday brings people together and reminds them of the country’s historical traditions and values.
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary - Part 2
- 2 May 2023 12:22 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrating mass on Sunday morning in Budapest, Pope Francis asked participants to "be open doors" and appealed to world leaders asking them "to build peace and to give the younger generations a future of hope, not war, a future full of cradles not tombs".
Photos: Summary of Pope's Visit to Hungary – Part 1
- 2 May 2023 7:16 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
President Katalin Novák received Pope Francis with military honours in front of the presidential office, Sándor Palace, in the Castle District on Friday.
Watch: Easter Customs In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2023 6:40 AM
- community & culture
Small boys learn this rhyme when they are still in the kindergarten, and they sing it to girls on Easter Monday, and then promptly 'sprinkle' them - without waiting for an answer to the poem:
"Through the greenwood going
I saw a blue violet growing
I saw it start to wither
Can I water this flower?"
Traditions In Hungary: Epiphany, 6 January
- 6 Jan 2023 9:24 AM
- community & culture
Most Hungarians associate January 6 with a quite new custom – taking down the Christmas tree decorated on December 24 (Twelfth Night tradition). However, the customs of this day root much deeper. January 6 not only ends the Christmastide on this, the Twelfth Day of Christmas, but it also marks the beginning of the Carnival Season (Farsang).
First Day of Hanukkah Marked in Hungary
- 20 Dec 2022 7:51 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
“Waiting for a miracle is not the antidote to action, but a prerequisite,” the chief rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) said late on Sunday, the first day of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.
St. Lucy's Day Traditions In Hungary, 13 December
- 13 Dec 2022 9:05 AM
- http://puszta.com/eng
- community & culture
"Named after the Christian virgin, St. Lucy's day (Lucia or Luca’s day - luca napja) is one of the richest in customs and superstitions in Hungary. Before the Gregorian calendar reform, it was the shortest and darkest day of the year, and it marked the beginning of the winter solstice. It is for this reason that numerous traditions and fertility games are linked to this special day.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary: Chapter 3, Part 1.
- 6 Dec 2022 5:46 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Hungarian Traditions On Week Of Dead: All Saints’ Day & All Soul’s Day
- 26 Oct 2022 3:49 PM
- community & culture
In the 8th century Pope Gregory III has started the holiday of the All Saints’ Day, which is celebrated on the first day of November.