ishtartv.com - hungarytoday.hu
2017-02-22
Prime
Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church,
Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, for a working lunch in Budapest. Their talks
focussed on helping Mideastern Christians stay in their homeland and
facilitating their return to the liberated areas, the prime minister’s press
chief said. Orbán promised help in building university facilities in Syria and
rebuilding destroyed villages in Iraq.
The
meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and Human
Resources Minister Zoltán Balog. The Budapest programme of the patriarch
includes giving a speech at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University on Wednesday.
His
Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II visited His Eminence Cardinal Péter
Erdő of Budapest during his official visit to Hungary too. His Eminence
expressed the interest of the Catholic Church in Hungary to offer help to the
needy and poor in Syria through the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate. His
Holiness the Syriac Patriarch, offered a special cross made in Syria to
Cardinal Péter Erdő as a token of appreciation and esteem.
via:
english.mti.hu; hungarymatters.hu; syriacpatriarchate.org
photos:
magyarkurir.hu; 24.hu; Károly Árvai / MTI
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