October 08, 2024 Author: vitéz Zoltán Molnár, Seat Captain of Northeast Hungary Region Vitéz István Fülöp, Lieutenant of Szatmár Region and President of the Reformed Association for Szatmár, organized the “Szatmár Without Borders” Reformed gathering on September 21, 2024, in Nagyecsed. The Order of Vizéz was represented by the Northeast Hungary Seat Captaincy. Together with […]
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A Vitézi Rend
A Vitézi Rendet Magyarország kormányzója alapította „a legbátrabbak tiszteletére és az áldozatok emlékére”. A Vitézi Rend hisz a vallás, a nemzet és a család mint alapelvek fontosságában. Mindenekelőtt fontosnak tartja Magyarország nemzeti szuverenitásának megőrzését, a nemzeti értékek tiszteletben tartását, valamint a keresztény életmód ösztönzését.
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The Order of Vitéz
The Order of Vitéz was founded by the Regent of Hungary “to honor the bravest and remember their sacrifice”. The Order of Vitéz believes in the importance of fundamental principles such as religion, nation and family. First of all, it considers it important to preserve Hungary’s national sovereignty, the national values and to encourage a christian way of living.
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Our History
In 1928, in the preface to the large volume titled A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme (A military history of the Hungarian nation), Archduke and Field Marshal Vitez Joseph August of Habsburg-Lorraine wrote, “In most cases, the past is but a mirror of the future which gives a clear picture of how to avoid big troubles and how serve a better future. Let us learn from this work, and let us not be disheartened, because the strong Hungarian spirit is is still alive.”
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The Values
The Order of Vitéz is a Military Order based on Christian confession and encouraging a life with the highest ethical values.
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The Mission
The Order of Vitéz was founded by the Regent of Hungary “to honor the bravest and remember their sacrifice.”
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Organizational Structure
Főkapitány (Captain General): HIRH Vitéz Joseph Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary.
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News
Care and Research of Heroic Graves in Hungary and Balkány
October 8, 2024 Author: vitéz Zoltán Molnár, Seat Captain of Northeast Hungary Region Under the organization of Order of Vitéz ‘s North-East Hungary Seat Captaincy, retired Colonel Imre Kovács, the Hungarian representative of the German War Graves Commission, and Captain Márk Bihari, a reservist officer from the 5th Military Recruitment and Replacement Office of the […]
Péter Baumann’s Investiture of Vitéz
September 27, 2024 At the Royal Palace of Gödöllő, on August 31, 2024, Péter Baumann was invested as vitéz, and he was posthumously promoted to the rank of police lieutenant. Vitéz Péter Baumann was killed in 2023 by a man who fatally stabbed him during a police operation, where two of his colleagues were also […]
The book launch of Vitéz Attila Bánó
September 22, 2024 Author: Vitéz Attila Szakál On September 20, 2024, the presentation of the newly published book “Count István Tisza, the Martyr” by vitéz Bánó Attila, Historian Staff Captain, took place in Nagyvárad (Oradea). The event was hosted in the auditorium of the Lorántffy Zsuzsanna Reformed Church Center. The book launch was attended by […]
Investiture of Vitéz in Gödöllő
September 1, 2023 (Photo: Magyar Nemzet) This year’s Investiture of Vitéz ceremony was held on Saturday, August 31, in the Royal Castle of Gödöllő. The Order is recognized by the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry (ICOC) and leaded by Captain General Vitéz Archduke József Károly of Habsburg-Lorraine, Royal Prince of Hungary, who is the […]
The Order of Vitéz was founded by the Governor of Hungary, admiral Miklós Horthy, in 1920. Its Captain General from 1977 to 2017 was József Árpád, Royal Prince of Hungary, and now his son, Prince József Károly.
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- A brief history of the Order of Vitéz
- Accreditation
- Casale Monferrato – May, 2024
- Casale Monferrato – December, 2021
- Casale Monferrato – May, 2023
- Commemorating 80 years since the Don Disaster 1943
- Contact
- Fatima – September, 2021
- Heraldic usage in the Order of Vitéz
- Holidays of the Order of Vitéz
- How to join
- Hungary’s history in a nutshell
- Legénd – June, 2024
- Legénd – June, 2021
- Malta – March, 2022
- Máriapócs – August, 2021
- Máriapócs – September, 2022
- Máriapócs – September, 2023
- Melbourne, Australia – February, 2024
- Oath of the Vitéz
- Order of Vitéz – Questions and Mistakes
- Organizational Structure
- Pécs – November, 2022
- Portrait Gallery of Famous Members
- Royal Palace of Gödöllő – August, 2024
- Statement about the policy of the Order of Vitéz concerning nobility, nobiliary titles and membership in chivalric organisations
- Statements
- Stockholm – June, 2023
- Stockholm – October, 2021
- Sydney, Australia – February, 2024
- The day of Knightly Order of Saint Michael of the Wing – Alcobaça, Portugal, September 29, 2023
- The Mission and Values
- The Vitézi Rend (Order of Vitez), an honour superior to a Chivalric order
- Törökszentmiklós, Kenderes – May, 2022
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