Hungaricum became a shrine of pilgrimage

Hungarikum became the national and farewell shrine in Mriapócs in accordance with the decision of the Hungarikum Commission on Tuesday, and ZEMA ceramic jewelry was declared an outstanding national value.

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Hungary’s most famous and most visited shrine is Máriapócs, the spiritual center of Greek Catholicism in the Carpathian Basin. Every year, about five to six hundred thousand pilgrims and tourists visit the church, which was famous in Europe for its image of Our Lady of Tears.

On November 4, 1696, in the wooden Greek Catholic chapel in Mariaboch, the icon of the Mother of God painted that year began to rupture. News of the miraculous event also reached the Vienna court, where Emperor Leopold I ordered the portrait to be transferred to the imperial city, which was placed in the summer of 1697 in Stephansdom. His copy, in Mariaboch, was also weeping in 1715 and 1905. Due to the increasing number of pilgrims to the splendid place, the wooden church could no longer accommodate the faithful, and a new church was needed, built between 1731 and 1756 in the early Baroque style It was consecrated in honor of Saint Michael.

It was one of the highlights of its history when it was II. During Pope John Paul’s visit to Hungary in 1991, he conducted a Byzantine Holy Mass in the Hungarian language before the image of grace.

It belongs to the whole Hungarian

We asked public figures how they felt when they learned of the decision:

“Our founder, King Saint Stephen, recommended Hungary to protect the Virgin Mary a thousand years ago,” MP Miklos Simon told our newspaper. – As a believer, a man today, on a pilgrimage to Mary in Pócs, asks for Mary’s protection for the life of herself and her family year after year during the farewell. It therefore takes place in a well-defined place and time, which are organically related to each other. Our National Shrine in Máriapócs is the place, while the time is the time to say goodbye to Pócs. The Hungaricum Declaration emphasizes, as well as frames, the connection, which we can pass on as a legacy to future generations in our nation. Thank you dr. The proposal made by representatives of Estefan Simexco, the leader of the KDNP faction, made a year ago, by Dr. Ongoing support to Minister Istvan Nagy and Our Lands and Vice President Sandor Lesak.

“I am grateful for this decision, which recognized the exceptional importance of Mryabuc,” said Archbishop Philip Kochis of Heidodorog.

I would like to thank those who have never crossed my mind, for their perseverance and perseverance. This decision makes it clear that Mariaboch does not belong only to Roman Catholics, but to the entire Hungarian people. This personally fills me with grateful pride. Máriapócs is not only special because in a small, frivolous settlement in Szabolcs, Lord God performed a miracle 325 years ago. The place has also changed people, and we have also joined in the miracle that has been happening since then. First, the Greek Catholics, then other religions, and the whole nation, the whole of historical Hungary.

“I appreciate the work of the county treasury committee, through which I made this effort so successful,” noted Oskar Systak, chair of the county council. – This place of pilgrimage, the history of which dates back hundreds of years, connects not only the Hungarians, but also the peoples of the Carpathian Basin. Hungarians, Romanians, Slovaks and Ruthenians pray together here. Máriapócs transcends religious denominations, and I am proud that this shrine may have become the Hungaricum.

Honor

ZEMA ceramic jewelry is made in a family business. We asked the creative director of the company in Újfehértó, Erzsébet Papp, about the step in their lives when they declared the brand an outstanding national value.

“It’s certainly a great honor,” replied Elizabeth Pape. ZEMA jewelry is an innovation in the world of ceramics. All of our uniquely designed jewelry pieces have a Hungarian dimension. Symbols, signs and plants represent our country at home and around the world.

JG