In his address, Tamas Sulyok stressed that we owe thanks to our soldiers and police officers who ensure the protection of the homeland and the legal order; to judges, prosecutors, lawyers and the entire legal profession who stand guard over the rule of law.
Thanks are also due to the doctors, healthcare and social workers who watch over the physical and mental well-being of our communities, and likewise to the responsible teachers and educators of our children, who represent the future of our families and our nation.
We may look with great respect upon our scientists and researchers, upon those who serve in the fields of science and intellectual life, including the many award recipients of this year — whether our Nobel laureate this year, writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, or many other honourees — and upon all those who work quietly, far from the applause of recognition.
We can all be proud of Tibor Kapu’s impressive mission. Our ever-new sporting successes can also fill us with joy. Our artists, folk artists and guardians of tradition, on this side of the border and beyond, create lasting value
– the president recalled, also noting that in the autumn he awarded the Republic's Medal of Merit to a Greek and a Spanish citizen who rescued a Hungarian tourist and her daughter, exhausted and drifting hopelessly far out at sea.
This case also shows that help can come even from complete strangers; that goodness, beauty, and peace live in every person, and that anyone can reach for them if they are willing, in everyday life, to recognize the miracle of creation in others and in themselves. This is the message Christmas has carried for more than two thousand years: that goodness was born among us for good.
So we do have something to draw strength from. The chance to focus on life is open to all of us, stressed Tamas Sulyok, urging everyone to respect the image of God in one another, to value the human being, and to cherish our home-giving, comforting communities; our nation — often reduced in number but never broken — and our beautiful, richly diverse Hungarian homeland, our most sacred and precious inheritance!
I wish all my fellow countrymen blessed holidays!
– President Sulyok concluded.
Cover photo: President of the Republic Tamas Sulyok (Photo: Sandor Palace / Gyula Bartos)
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