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Christian Families Are Key to the Survival of the Hungarian Community in Transcarpathia
The Hungarians of Transcarpathia can always count on the Hungarian government, the Secretary of State for Church and Ethnic Relations of the Prime Minister’s Office emphasized on Saturday at the Rákóczi Camp in Sátoraljaújhely (northern Hungary
The Hungarians of Transcarpathia can always count on the Hungarian government, the Secretary of State for Church and Ethnic Relations of the Prime Minister’s Office emphasized on Saturday at the Rákóczi Camp in Sátoraljaújhely (northern Hungary), at a meeting of Hungarian large families from Transcarpathia.
Miklós Soltész stressed that one of the most important tasks of the government is to strengthen and preserve Christianity, and to strengthen and support the Hungarian nation, including the Hungarian community living in the Carpathian Basin.
He called the Transcarpathian families participating in the camp “real heroes,” adding that these families are keeping their Hungarian identity, preserving their Christianity and “looking after the land,” protecting it by all possible means.
The State Secretary reminded that when the war broke out in Ukraine, the Hungarian government launched the Bridge for Transcarpathia program to help Hungarians living in the neighboring country, and to send a message that Hungary is only willing to give humanitarian aid to Ukraine. This assistance could be accommodation, holidays, or in Carpathian or Inner Ukraine, medical, food or clothing support, he emphasized. He pointed out that, unlike Hungary, several countries have supplied arms to Ukraine, which “far from alleviating the suffering and the horror, is pushing this war deeper and deeper.”
The State Secretary stressed that
children have a historic role to play in the survival of the Hungarian community living there, but that it also depends on mothers and “persistent” fathers.
Miklós Soltész stressed that the Hungarian government is trying to help families in every possible way. As an example, he mentioned that when the war broke out, the Rákóczi Association’s camp was also welcoming, last year some 3,000 young people, children and adults from Transcarpathia were able to join in.
Fact
The Rákóczi Association was founded in 1989 in Budapest by people devoted to the cause of the Hungarian minority. The aim of the organization is to help the Hungarian people of the Carpathian Basin and the world in the fields of language, culture, and community. Their activities are mainly focused on young people within the framework of school choice programs and youth activities.In his welcome speech, Csongor Csáky, President of the Rákóczi Association, said that the activities of the organization and the fact that hundreds of children from Transcarpathia will be able to attend the camp in the coming weeks are largely thanks to the Hungarian government. He highlighted that the association wanted the participants to have a good time and that the camp was an attempt to convey the love of their supporters.
The president called the campers “the hope of Transcarpathia” and said that the meeting was attended by fathers and mothers who have adopted children and are raising them as Hungarians and Christians. He added that it is this faith that keeps them at home despite all the difficulties and this hope that there will be a Hungarian future in Transcarpathia.
Via MTI, Featured photo via MTI/Vajda János
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