Vitézi Rend
December 8, 2022
An excellent article was published in Magyar Nemzet from the pen of our Historian Seat Captain Vitéz Attila Bánó de Kükemeze et Tapolylucska. The author reflected on the HVG article published a few days ago entitled “A secretary of state was invested as a Vitéz, while the use of the title is also prohibited by law”
The article can be viewed at the following link:
December 2, 2022
The Prince of Doctors –pre-premier presentation of the documentary film about beatific László Batthyány-Strattmann’s life. The event is for CHARITY. The Hungarian Batthyány Foundation donates the proceeds of the show to the Hungarian National Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, joining the initiative of the Jónak Lenni Jó.
Date: December 8, 2022 (Thursday) 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: SAPIENTIA College of Religious Studies / Díszterem, 1052 Budapest, Piarista köz 1.
Please, indicate your intention to participate using the registration link below. We welcome your donations to the bank account of the Hungarian National Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired.
IBAN: HU17 1620 0106 0006 6354 0000 0000
Announcement: Own name, MBA
Hoping for your honorable participation,
Best regards,
Margit Batthyány-Schmidt, president
Hungarian Batthyány Foundation
You can register for the event at the following link:
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_G_yeFJTduTJPC7rkYVFev9LmwHTikH0QC2YZ6Wu_OUU0QQ/viewform
December 2, 2022
An opinion article was published in HVG with the title “A secretary of state was invested as a Vitéz, while the use of the title is also prohibited by law”.
https://hvg.hu/itthon/20221202_vitezi_rend_hoppal_peter_vejkey_imre_royko_adam_kdnp
November 26, 2022
On November 26, our legitimate Order of Vitéz invested new Vitéz in the Lapidary of the Basilica in Pécs. Among others, two members of family Count Batthyány de Németújvár, Péter Hoppál , State Secretary for Culture, István Pálffy-Orbán, director of Duna Médiaszolgáltató Zrt., as well as Semjén Álmos and Botond, who became members of the Order of Vitéz. Colonel Antal Pallavicini, a martyr of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence, who was executed during the communist reprisals, was posthumously appointed to the rank of Staff Captain.
Magyar Nemzet reported on the event; the article can be viewed at the following link:
https://magyarnemzet.hu/belfold/2022/11/a-legitim-vitezi-rend-uj-tagokat-avatott-pecsett
An article about the event was also published in Pécs Újság:
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.
