Photo report of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest

52nd Intl Eucharistic Congress opens in Budapest
52nd International Eucharistic Congress opens in Budapest. Photo: MTI

The 52nd International Eucharistic Congress opened in Budapest last Sunday. The opening Mass was celebrated by 100 bishops and some 300 priests. The participants filled Heroes’ Square and a part of Andrassy Avenue.

Between Monday and Friday, lectures on Christian subjects will be offered all day at the Hungexpo grounds, while

concerts and other performances will be held in Széll Kálmán and Örs vezér squares in the afternoons. Concerts, folk dance performances, and book shows will also be held in front of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

Hungary is hosting the event for the second time since 1938. Originally scheduled to be held in 2020, the event was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Though it seemed beforehand that Pope Francis would not meet with PM Viktor Orbán due to political reasons, the pontiff will meet President Áder and Orbán in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts Sunday morning.

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September 7, Budapest. A visitor on “The heritage of Saint Stephen – exhibition of Hungarian Christian artists from the Carpathian Basin” in the crypt of the Saint Stephen Basilica. Photo: MTI/Márton Mónus

 

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September 8, Budapest. The concert of the 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra in the Erkel Theatre. MTI/ Zsolt  Szigetváry

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September 8, Budapest. Youssef Absi, the patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, in the Wednesday mass held following the Byzantine rite in the Saint Stephen Basilica. MTI/Zsolt Szigetváry

 

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September 7, Gödöllő. Vesper in the Greek Catholic church of the city. The event was organized after the official meeting of the European Greek Catholic bishops. Photo: Márton Mónus

 

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September 6, Budapest. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the foreign affairs office of the Moscow Patriarchate, in the Hungexpo of Budapest. Photo: MTI/Noémi Bruzák

 

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Translator nun during the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest. Photo: MTI

Source: MTI, Daily News Hungary

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