With the association, the founders want to represent the interests of those families, together with other families, who need to nurture the past of the Hungarian nation, they want to show themselves and contribute with their work to the preservation of Hungarian roots.
The Association of Historical Hungarian Families has been established, announced Tímea Széchenyi, head of the Count Széchenyi Family Foundation, on the Memorial Day of Historical Hungarian Families, on Friday in Buda Castle.
Tímea Széchenyi told MTI that the Association of Historical Hungarian Families, which was established on the sixth memorial day, currently includes 30 families, but may expand to include others, and will carry out its activities in the form of an association.
"With the association, we want to represent the interests of those families, together with other families, who need to nurture the past of the Hungarian nation, who want to show themselves and contribute with their work to the preservation of Hungarian roots," emphasized the head of the foundation . He added that their goal is also for the young generations, the representatives of the families, to carry on the legacy that the new alliance will create in the next "thousand years".
This year, the Görgey family is the main patron of the Memorial Day of Historical Hungarian Families, which received the patronage title in honor of the 175th anniversary of the 1848 War of Independence
- pointed out Tímea Széchenyi, adding: from now on - with the intention of creating tradition - a different family will be asked to be the main patron every year.
On this year's memorial day, Albertné Zsuzsanna Görgey
Under the title of the beautiful heritage of our beautiful mothers, he spoke about the role of women who, with the consciousness of representing their heritage, stood alongside men and did something for the nation
Tímea Széchenyi explained.
On the memorial day, Gábor Bugár-Mészáros gave a lecture on the Hungarian built heritage , János József Gudenus on family tree research , while Tímea Széchenyi presented the role of Széchenyis in contemporary history
After the presentations, Henrietta Kiss, the leading content development expert of Várkapitányság Zrt., presents the S zent István room to the participants of the memorial day.
According to Tímea Széchenyi
today we are living in a dangerous period in Europe, so the heritage and presence of Hungarian historical families is even more necessary. He believed that the family can also represent the wider community in the development of the country's destiny. As he said, community building has never been as important as it is today.
MTI
Cover photo: Tímea Széchenyi, head of the Count Széchenyi Family Foundation, which organizes the memorial day (b), and Attila Tisza, pastor, social politician, secretary of the Count Széchenyi Family Foundation, give a speech at the Hungarian Historical Families Memorial Day in Buda Castle on August 25, 2023.
At the event, Tímea Széchenyi announced that the Association of Historical Hungarian Families had been founded. MTI/Péter Lakatos
