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October 27, 2022

Csenger-Zalán Zsolt the new Hungarian Ambassador to Australia flew down from Canberra to Melbourne to help the local Hungarian community commemorate the Hungarian Uprising of October 23, 1956. He combined this with a visit to the Árpád Home for Elderly Hungarians on Saturday October 22. He was given a tour of the building and then had an opportunity to meet some of the elderly residents. After addressing them in a brief speech, the Ambassador presented vitéz Fazakas Sándor with the Arany Jubileumi Érdemkereszt from the Order of Vitéz together with a certificate recognising his merits. Vitéz Fazakas Sándor, overcome with emotion, thanked the Order of Vitéz, the Ambassador and those present for making his day so memorable.

This was a truly historic occasion as Sándor bácsi will be 104 years old on November 28, 2022. He is the oldest living vitéz in the world today and is also the only member of the Order of Vitéz still living who received his award from the Regent of Hungary and Captain General of the Order of Vitéz, vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós himself, in a ceremony in Budapest during the war time years.

After the presentation ceremony at the Árpád home, some of the residents who are members of the Order along with his son and granddaughter joined vitéz Fazakas Sándor for a celebratory champagne. Present were vitéz Kövesdy Ámon Lilla, özv. vitéz Kövesdy Dezsőné, Sarolta, vitéz Fazakas Sándor junior, vitéz Fazakas Caroline and Teleky Ilonka.

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October 23, 2022

Author: Vitéz Nob. Gábor von Hegyi de Agyagfalva, Staff Captain of Germany Region

The Hungarians of North Rhine-Westphalia also commemorated the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence in a dignified manner. As every year, the program began with the laying of a wreath at the Memorial Cross of 1956 located in the yard of the Hungarian House, where the Hungarian Catholic Church and the Order of Vitéz laid a wreath. The cross was erected by our compatriots who fled in 1956, in memory of the martyrs of the revolution.

After the wreath-laying, the celebrating audience marched to the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, where we prayed a rosary, and then the gathered prayed for the victims of the 1956 Revolution at the celebratory mass. The program continued with a speech by the Consul General of Düsseldorf and ended with a concert by the chamber ensemble Trio di Passione and a small standing room reception.

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October 16, 2022

On October 16, 2022, the “Mátyás Rát Lifetime Achievement Award” of the Protestant Journalists’ Association was presented to our colleague, Vitéz Attila Bánó writer, in the Uránia National Film Theater, as part of the Reformation Gala. With some pictures of the upliftingly beautiful and prestigious event.

A visual report from the evangelikus.hu website can be found at the following link:

https://www.evangelikus.hu/hireink/nagyvilag/imadsaggal-enekkel-es-onvizsgalattal-reformacioi-galaest-2022

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October 15, 2022

After Màriapócs’ where we invested more than 50 new vitéz, at this year’s investiture of the legitimate Order of Vitéz in Italy, we have added a number of new, well-known, ready-to-action comrades committed to the past and present of our country and our order, among them H.S.H. Prince Philipp Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Dr. Don Manuel Ladrón de Guevara e Isasa, the chancellor of the Spanish Royal Hidalgos.

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October 10, 2022

Author: Vitez Márton Inkei-Farkas Seat Captain of Tengermellék and Croatia

On the 8th of October, Saturday from 11 am- managed by staff captain Vitez grof Mario Festetics de Tolna –Order of Vitez organized a memorial day in Nagygordonya.

In the birthplace of general Karoly Knezich we took remembrance of Knezich together with regional leaders of Hungarians in Croatia, with Zlata Berkes, president of the Hungarian Association in Pisanica, member of Council of Minority in Bjelovar-Bilogora County and Sjezana Sabo, president of Hungarian Association of Daruvar.

On the memorial day, there were also vitez-dames from Pecs: vitez Adrienne Horvath and vitez Barbara Balatonyi and enthusiastic Hungarians from the Croatian region.

The first event of the Order of Vitez- Tengermellék and Croatia Captaincy was a great success among the Hungarians- from Croatia-Slavonia. Therefore, we suggest organizing this event as a memorial day for the heroes of the Freedom Fight (1848-1849) every year.

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