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In Effort to Help the Persecuted, Hungary Offers Scholarships for Young Christians from Around the World
Catholic News Agency ^ | 10/25/22 | Staff

Posted on 11/04/2022 7:10:09 PM PDT by marshmallow

A Hungarian official has welcomed Christian scholarship students from around the world to Budapest and stressed the importance of helping persecuted Christians.

Hungary wanted to support all communities in need worldwide, not only Christians, Tristan Azbej said in Budapest last Thursday, Hungary Today reported. However, Christians hold a special place in the hearts of Hungarians, he added.

Azbej is the Hungarian State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and is responsible for the Hungary Helps Agency.

“Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world. More than 300 million Christians are persecuted and discriminated against because of their faith,” Azbej said on Oct. 20.

Addressing the opening ceremony of the annual scholarship program for Christian youth, Azbej recalled that his grandparents’ generation had lived through world wars, and his parents’ generation had lived through an anti-clerical, anti-religious, and anti-Christian communist dictatorship.

The Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People was founded in 2017 by the Hungarian government.

The Hungary Helps Agency has coordinated the scholarship program since August 2020.

According to the program website, almost 200 students are studying as part of the program. They come from Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Armenia.

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1 posted on 11/04/2022 7:10:09 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Hungary is lead by a very able prime minister, Viktor Orbán. In many ways, he is the European Trump. The EU elite hate Orbán, just as the American elite hate Trump.

Orbán has persevered, nonetheless. Let us hope that Trump can do the same in 2024.

G-d bless Hungary! 🇭🇺


2 posted on 11/04/2022 7:18:34 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

I’ve been an Orban fan since this speech.

Orban’s Historical Speech Puts Hungary on a War Footing (speaks truth about Muslim immigration)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411401/posts?page=5#5


3 posted on 11/04/2022 7:39:48 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marshmallow

Hungary is not particularly religious. But I did see a young girl at the Cathedral in Budapest who was very openly and obviously Catholic. She did the sign of the cross (I’d seen that a lot in Catholic school thought I am Prod) but touched the floor also.

She had on a scarf just for the cathedral.

Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian leadership seem to understand the importance of religion even if their population really doesn’t practice it much.

The US is the other way around. One person said it’s like Sweden governing India. The people might be religious but the leadership is not.


4 posted on 11/04/2022 7:42:02 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: FreedomPoster
Hungary has a very effective border fence (see below). There are no Muslim knife attacks in Hungary. And their are no Muslim rapes of children in Hungary.

Germany does not have a border fence. They welcome the Muslim invaders. There are many Muslim knife attacks and Muslim rapes in Germany. It seems to me that politically incorrect Hungary has got it right.


5 posted on 11/04/2022 7:51:15 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: marshmallow

God bless Hungary!


6 posted on 11/04/2022 11:04:17 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray withSout ceasing)y)
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