Hungary allocates $8 million to restore Orthodox churches

Moscow, February 7, 2017   

Dormition Cathedral, Budapest. Photo: www.nice-places.com Dormition Cathedral, Budapest. Photo: www.nice-places.com
As previously reported, the Hungarian government announced that it would adopt a resolution at the time of President Putin’s visit to allocate funds for restoring four Orthodox churches in the country. RIA-Novosti now reports that Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed a government decree to allocate $8 million in state subsidies.

The decree indicates that the government will help restore the Dormition Cathedral in Budapest, Holy Trinity Church in Miskolc, St. Nicholas Church in Tokaj, and to build a new parish in Hévíz.

The Hungarian government also allocated $345,000 last October to help restore tower at the Dormition Cathedral, destroyed during the Second World War. The cathedral is the oldest Orthodox church in Hungary, constructed between 1791 and 1801 and seriously damaged during the war. Restoration work began in 2006-2009 but was never finished.

The Hungarian prime minister and government have invited Patriarch Kirill to visit the country after the restoration of the cathedral is completed.

2/7/2017

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Timed to Russian president Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Hungary, the government will adopt a resolution to allocate funds for the reconstruction of four Orthodox churches, stated Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto. Church founded by mother of a Decembrist for expiation of his sins to be restored in the Ulyanovsk region Church founded by mother of a Decembrist for expiation of his sins to be restored in the Ulyanovsk region Church founded by mother of a Decembrist for expiation of his sins to be restored in the Ulyanovsk region Church founded by mother of a Decembrist for expiation of his sins to be restored in the Ulyanovsk region
A church in the Russia’s Ulyanovsk region which was founded by the noblewoman Anna Annenkova as an expiation for the sins of her son, a Decembrist (a member of a group of Russian revolutionaries who in December 1825 led an unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicholas I) Ivan Annenkov, will be restored, reports the Diocese of Barysh. Greek community in Budapest claims a church belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate Greek community in Budapest claims a church belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate Greek community in Budapest claims a church belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate Greek community in Budapest claims a church belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate
During the two-day visit of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to Hungary on March 2-3, he met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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Victoria Ramsay2/27/2024 3:15 am
I was born Victoria Ann Szekely. Wish to travel to Hungary/Transylvania/ My Father was born Jozef Szekely. I know I have family I do not know living in many places. A soul is not complete ???? if they do not know their lineage.
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