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A Surprising but Exquisite Hungarian Christmas Dish: Fisherman’s Soup

The first references to fisherman’s soup date back to the 1800s. Soon, fisherman’s soup became popular across the country, prepared with different fishes based on various recipes, but the fundamentals remained the same everywhere. The name ‘fisherman’s soup’ is owed…
A squirrel eating popcorn and cranberry garlands off a Christmas tree.

How the Christmas Tree Became a Western Tradition and Spread All Around the World

In the West, there are a number of remarkable, colourful traditions linked to Christmas that vary from country to country. But what cannot be missing from any home where Christmas is celebrated is a decorated pine tree….

God and the Philosopher: The Theology of Thomas Molnar

‘The duality of God and man is the most fundamental reality of existence: a reality which can structure and constitute all relations of human beings. This principal duality is the source of everything: epistemology, ontology, moral philosophy, politics, and—of course,…

Hungarian Orthodox Saints: The Story of Three Brothers

In the 11th century, three brothers moved from the Kingdom of Hungary to the Kievan Rus—while one of them died defending the Rus’ first two saints, Boris and Gleb, the other two later became Orthodox saints themselves as well, establishing…

Rocket Science and Christianity – The Philosophy of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

‘What is less known is that Tsiolkovsky essentially wrote his groundbreaking contributions to rocket theory as supplementary notes to his philosophy of space exploration, which was the primary focus of his attention and consumed most of his efforts. What is…
A Budapest bus driver dressed as Mikulás in one of the traditional Mikulás Buses on 4 December 2022.

Mikulás, the Hungarian Santa Claus

While millions of children across the globe get their Christmas presents from Santa on Christmas Day, in Hungary, Saint Nicholas, called Mikulás, arrives on the eve of 6 December, bringing sweets and nuts, and leaves the task of delivering the…

A Transvaluation of European Values

For years, Hungary has been under regular attack from Brussels for allegedly failing to respect ‘European values’. It is worth examining these values to see if it is in any way wrong not to respect them in the way that…
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in the 1950s.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and his Grand Project to Reconcile Science and Religion

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is without a doubt one of the most prominent theologians of the 20th century, whose intellectual contributions to both science and religion gained recognition and respect from both the clergy and the scientific community. His oeuvre…
Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne (ca. 1645–ca.1650) (excerpt)

Saint Augustine’s Critique of Religion Without Morality

One of the recurring topics of Agustine of Hippo’s City of God, a foundational work of Western philosophy, is his critique of Roman religion as having no moral teachings to offer….

Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day — The Days of Allhallowtide

Albeit Hungary does not traditionally celebrate Halloween in its North American sense, the connection between the Hungarian commemoration of the dead and Halloween is stronger than one might think….

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