Áder addresses festive session of Reformed Church’s synod

Budapest, 2017. június 24. Áder János köztársasági elnök, (elöl, k), Bogárdi Szabó István, a Dunamelléki Református egyházkerület püspöke, a Magyarországi Református Egyház Zsinatának lelkészi elnöke (elöl, b) és Fekete Károly, a Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerület püspöke (elöl, j) valamint Kósa Lajos, a térség országgyûlési képviselõje, a Fidesz parlamenti frakcióvezetõje (mögöttük, j) és Papp László (Fidesz-KDNP) polgármester (mögöttük, j2) érkezik a Magyar Református Egyház zsinatának ünnepi ülésére a debreceni református Nagytemplomban 2017. június 24-én. MTI Fotó: Czeglédi Zsolt

The Reformation has not only become a part of Hungarians’ lives over the past centuries but also a support for their shared national identity, President János Áder said at a festive session of the synod of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, on Saturday.

Áder named the Hungarian language Bible as the “greatest gift” of the Reformation for Hungary.

The president noted that the Reformation had divided Europe and that “the freedom fight of faith” had resulted in heavy casualties across the continent. He said that in Hungary, the Reformation had coincided with “the freedom fights of the nation”. Áder said the strengthened faith of believers brought about by the Reformation had tightened the community of the church and in turn, the community of the nation.

Hungary’s ongoing memorial year marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Europe includes close to 400 events in the Carpathian Basin.

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