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November 1, 2023

Author: Vitéz Levente Hortobágyi

At the anniversary celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic organized by the Turkish Embassy, ​​I was able to represent our Vitéz Order among our Turkish friends and numerous ambassadors and tell many people about it, the interest was great. The old Hungarian–Turkish friendship before the honfoglalás was expressed by several Turkish participants, among them Consul General Dr. H. Emre Uygung (in the picture above, on the left).

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October 30, 2023

Author: Vitéz Levente Hortobágyi

In memory of the 1956 uprising, the Hungarian Embassy in Bern organized a wonderful event where I was able to represent the Order of Vitéz again. I had the possibility to introduce the Order to many diplomats and politicians. (In the picture above, Pál Zsigmond Barna gives a speech)

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October 8, 2023

Author: Vitéz Lehel Székely lieutenant

On October 6, 2023, members of the Order of Vitéz – from Budapest to Debrecen, from Szeged to Székelyföld – and their friends met at Törökszentmiklós.

Local historian Zoltán Galsi presented the recently inaugurated statue of János Almásy II, and then in the hall of the building, the marble plaque of nearly a thousand of the heroic dead of Törökszentmiklós who fell in World War I. At the marble plaques, wreaths were laid by Vitéz Ferenc Hegedűs Staff Captain and Vitéz Lehel Székely Lieutenant on behalf of the Order of Vitéz.

We marched from the City Hall to the National Defense Memorial in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, for the event organized in memory of the 13 Martyrs of Arad. At the monument erected over the mass graves of the national defenders who fell in the 1848/49 revolution in the Törökszentmiklós area, Vitéz Attila Bánó Historicus Staff Captain gave an uplifting celebratory speech. In the framework of the wreath-laying ceremony, on behalf of the Order of Chivalry, Vitéz Ferenc Hegedűs Staff Captain, Vitéz Lehel Székely Lieutenant and Vitéz Zoltán Blaskó Lieutenant laid a wreath.

After the commemoration, we visited the Almásy Castle in Szenttamás, then the Almásy Castle in Kétpó, where we ended the day with dinner combined with a conversation.

Gratitude to all the members of the Order and their attendants who honored the event organized by the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés County Lieutenancy of the Order of Vitéz with their participation. Special thanks to Attila Bánó Historicus Staff Captain for the celebratory speech.

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Photo: Törökszentmiklós Municipal Government, Miklós TV and Vitéz István Görgey Seat Captain

October 7., 2023

On October 7, the Vitéz Gábor von Hegyi Chief Ethics Councillor Staff Captain of the Order of Vitéz, visited to Szent László School, Buenos Aires, where the Weekend Hungarian School is also located. The Hungarians in Argentina have operated and maintained the educational institution named after the knight king for 70 years now, through the Szent István Foundation. The visit was accompanied by a concert with the Flauto Dolce band (which also presented musical instruments), where the students of the Hungarian Weekend School sang and prayed together in the school hall. At the end of the visit, the staff captain gave the students a ribbon wreth with the coat of arms of the Order of Vitéz. In the next session, the students will DIY a matching wreath in memory of the heroes of 1956. The visit ended with a joint prayer.

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September 2, 2023

(Photo: Magyar Nemzet)

Participants from nine countries came to Máriapócs on September 2 for the investiture ceremony of the legitimate Order of Vitéz. The work of the order is wide-ranging: both abroad and in the home country, it helps to maintain the national commitment of Hungarians with lectures, investitures, commemorations, recognition of patriotic merits, construction of monuments and care of war graves, and preserves the spirit of Vitéz that traditionally characterizes us.

About the event Magyar Nemzet published an excellent article by historian Staff Captain Vitéz Attila Bánó.

The article can be found at the link below:

https://magyarnemzet.hu/belfold/2023/09/mariapocson-unnepelt-a-legitim-vitezi-rend