70 result(s) for pray in Community & Culture
Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Honors March Of The Living Hungary
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
March of the Living Hungary (MLH) was presented with U.S. Embassy’s Active Citizenship Award on July 20. Ambassador Kounalakis noted in her remarks that in the past two and a half years she had met a lot of people in Hungary who had made the country and their communities more livable through their hard work. She said there was “no better example for this attitude than March of the Living Hungary ...
Now On: 'Internal Landscapes', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 24 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
We rarely meet representations of the countryside amongst the monuments of antique art preserved to us, and there are practically no landscape pictures in the modern sense of the term. There is, however, one sphere in which landscape elements play an essential role: the decorative art of the first two centuries of the Roman imperial period.
Now Showing: Highlighted Works Of Art , Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
- 4 Jan 2012 8:04 AM
- community & culture
"One of the most heated debates in the current study of classical antiquity focuses on the relationship between magic and religion. The argument, unusually passionate – the significance of which far exceeds its own narrower field of scholarship – centered around one great dichotomy: is it indeed possible to separate magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, as so many previous ...
Gong With The Wind By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 13 Dec 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"The traditional and the modern are about to come together at beautiful Gödöllő Palace, the venue for most of the Ministerial meetings under the Hungarian EU Presidency. I had not been to the Palace for some 20 years, when it was in ruinous condition.
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers Not At Fault For Education Mess In Hungary
- 13 Oct 2010 8:35 AM
- community & culture
If it is not broken, then don’t fix it goes the English phrase. However if it is broken and is not being fixed, what is one to do? Scream, jump up and down, pull one’s hair out, what? The education system is broken here in Hungary. I have been in 22 classrooms over a little more than 30 days and the disparity between some students is enormous. I do not blame the teachers. I do not blame the ...
Hungarian Tony Curtis Buried With Favorite Things In Las Vegas
- 7 Oct 2010 9:35 AM
- community & culture
Actor Tony Curtis, who became famous with his role in “Some Like It Hot”, died at 85. In a solemn funeral he was buried in Las Vegas on Monday. More than 400 guests, celebrities, family members and fans took part at the memorial service held in the chapel of the Palm Valley Memorial Park where besides funeral speeches and Jewish prayers a short-film was presented with the actor’s best moments on ...
Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Honors March Of The Living Hungary
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
March of the Living Hungary (MLH) was presented with U.S. Embassy’s Active Citizenship Award on July 20. Ambassador Kounalakis noted in her remarks that in the past two and a half years she had met a lot of people in Hungary who had made the country and their communities more livable through their hard work. She said there was “no better example for this attitude than March of the Living Hungary ...
Now On: 'Internal Landscapes', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 24 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
We rarely meet representations of the countryside amongst the monuments of antique art preserved to us, and there are practically no landscape pictures in the modern sense of the term. There is, however, one sphere in which landscape elements play an essential role: the decorative art of the first two centuries of the Roman imperial period.
Now Showing: Highlighted Works Of Art , Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
- 4 Jan 2012 8:04 AM
- community & culture
"One of the most heated debates in the current study of classical antiquity focuses on the relationship between magic and religion. The argument, unusually passionate – the significance of which far exceeds its own narrower field of scholarship – centered around one great dichotomy: is it indeed possible to separate magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, as so many previous ...
Gong With The Wind By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 13 Dec 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"The traditional and the modern are about to come together at beautiful Gödöllő Palace, the venue for most of the Ministerial meetings under the Hungarian EU Presidency. I had not been to the Palace for some 20 years, when it was in ruinous condition.
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers Not At Fault For Education Mess In Hungary
- 13 Oct 2010 8:35 AM
- community & culture
If it is not broken, then don’t fix it goes the English phrase. However if it is broken and is not being fixed, what is one to do? Scream, jump up and down, pull one’s hair out, what? The education system is broken here in Hungary. I have been in 22 classrooms over a little more than 30 days and the disparity between some students is enormous. I do not blame the teachers. I do not blame the ...
Hungarian Tony Curtis Buried With Favorite Things In Las Vegas
- 7 Oct 2010 9:35 AM
- community & culture
Actor Tony Curtis, who became famous with his role in “Some Like It Hot”, died at 85. In a solemn funeral he was buried in Las Vegas on Monday. More than 400 guests, celebrities, family members and fans took part at the memorial service held in the chapel of the Palm Valley Memorial Park where besides funeral speeches and Jewish prayers a short-film was presented with the actor’s best moments on ...