“We will never cut off the umbilical cord between the motherland and the torn Hungarians and we will never let it be cut off”

Katalin Novák emphasized that we must try to come to agreement, try to find allies, and open doors so Hungarians can have a better life.

Magyarlapád, 2022. május 20. Novák Katalin köztársasági elnök (j) egy kislányt üdvözöl a magyarlapádi felújított református templom felszentelése alkalmából tartott istentisztelet után 2022. május 20-án. MTI/Bruzák Noémi Fotó: Bruzák Noémi

She also reminded that in Southern Transylvania they consecrated 10 new churches. They were glad to celebrate a decade that delivered an unprecedented period of construction through the cooperation of the motherland and the Hungarian Reformed, Catholic, and Lutheran communities.

She said that the survival of the Hungarian communities in Transylvania and the growth of these communities which have taken root outside of our borders is a common value and interest which does not go against anyone else.

Katalin Novák emphasized that Gábor Bethlen obliged us to build by faith and with faith to preserve our faith. While the Turks were attacking from one side, the Austrians from another, the Germans were applying pressure, and domestic strife was threatening us – we could still build with faith. This faith was the faith that prevailed. The Transylvanian's faith is one that prevailed; the Transylvanian Hungarians are not just Hungarians, but rather Hungarians that prevailed. Hungarians who know from the deepest corner of their heart that the way to help the prosperity of the motherland and their homeland is by preserving their mother tongue, passing on customs, costumes and pride.

They can also play a role in the enrichment of Hungarians and Romania, if they can defend their independence

– announced the President.

Katalin Novák highlighted that Bethlen did not let go, and we will not let go because we love the Hungarian in him that was not a ruler through his wealth, superior, or historical prerogatives, but rather through his wisdom and inflexibility to negotiate the survival of Transylvania – and when needed, willing to oppose or reconcile. But this always served to protect the safety and ascendance of his own kind. That is Bethlen-policy, in the noble sense of the word, the common good, the service of Hungarians.

Photo: (MTI/Noémi Burzák)