The Tőkés Foundation in Kisvárda says goodbye to two excellences of Felvidék and Hungarians: Miklós Duray and László Koncsol.

This year, the Highlands twice really, really squeezed the hearts of the Hungarians who live in the Carpathian basin, who also look out for each other: first, with the passing of Miklós Duray, an epoch-making national defender who always thought in his historical homeland, not only in the geographical Carpathian basin, and who argued for us. Later, with the departure of László Koncsol, the creator of a nation from words, church-builder poet and writer. Two Hungarians of historic importance have passed away.

Identifying with the words of Dr. Lajos Békefy Ph.D., the former president of the MRE College of Doctors' Literary Section, it is with a sad heart that we say goodbye to them: the members of the board of trustees of the László Tőkés Foundation based in Kisvárda.

We lost two honored members of our foundation. Miklós Duray received the award from the László Tőkés Foundation, established in September 1989, in 1996 and László Koncsol in 2009.

Miklós Duray wrote the following in the foundation's memorial book:

"I was surprised to receive the news that the individual prize of the László Tőkés Foundation in Kisvárda will be donated to me. This award is a great honor for me. All recognition helps a person. In this way, the outside world indicates that it recognizes my previous activities and expects me to continue in the future. This gives me a lot of strength and releases energies that I may not even know exist in me."

László Koncsol said the following after the award ceremony in 2009: "When I got the phone call, I was paralyzed. Why? Why all this attention when I didn't do anything extraordinary. My knees were also shaken by the fact that I considered the award's namesake to be one of the key figures in Eurasia in the 1980s and 1990s. It was clear to me that with President Reagan, Walensa and II. With János Pál he breaks the wall of silence: with death-defying courage and trust in God.

The award shocked me. I feel that my ancestors reached out to me: Gyulaháza, Szabolcsbáka, Kisvárda, Tiszahát...

I hope, I even believe, that our relationship, as long as the Lord keeps me here on earth, has not ended. I also warmly welcome the other prize winners to our club. I thank everyone for everything, I wish the Lord's abundant blessings on the lives and service of all of us."

Our sincere condolences to the relatives of the deceased and to the Hungarians of the Highlands:

Lengyel Szabolcs, chairman of the Tőkés László Board of Trustees