With this daily updates and short news we offer a glimpse into Friday's activities and events. The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid continued offering help to Refugees and visited Transcarpathia with a delegation inlcuding all the four Bishops of the Reformed Church in Hungary.
The "green angels" have already helped 32,000 times
"A week ago, we had no idea, what we would be facing in the coming days. The truth is, that even now we do not know when the situation will end" - wrote the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid on its Facebook page. "Our staff will be on the ground helping the refugees from the war for as long as their work is needed!" - they announced.
Their staff and volunteers, increasingly referred to as "green angels", can be found in several locations across the country: so far they have provided more than 32,000 assistance sessions, whether it's interpretation, food, finding accommodation or transport, pastoral care, or medical care thanks to Bethesda Children's Hospital.
If you would like to support the work of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid, please call 1358 or visit https://adomany.jobbadni.hu/kampanyok/38!
Their staff and volunteers, increasingly referred to as "green angels", can be found in several locations across the country: so far they have provided more than 32,000 assistance sessions, whether it's interpretation, food, finding accommodation or transport, pastoral care, or medical care thanks to Bethesda Children's Hospital.
Four bishops of the Reformed Church of Hungary visited Transcarpathia (11:14)
Bishop Zoltán Balog, the pastoral president of the Synod, and Bishops Károly Fekete, Dániel Pásztor and József Steinbach will meet with Bishop Sándor Zán Fábián of Transcarpathian Reformed Church in Berehovo on Friday. The church leaders will also participate in a joint prayer with the pastors of the Transcarpathian Reformed congregations.
The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid helped to house three thousand people (13:00)
The staff of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid works 24 hours a day. Not only in the railway stations, but also in the warehouses and administrative areas - said Zsófi Dobis-Lucski, the communications officer of the organization, in her radio program on Transcarpathian Pulzus FM. The communications officer added, that they are grateful to the employees of Bethesda Children's Hospital, who volunteered for service and are currently working at the Western Railway Station in Budapest. As for accommodation, she said that they had already been able to provide temporary accommodation for almost three thousand people across the country.
Free legal aid for Hungarians in Transcarpathia (12:00)
The Institute for Minority Rights Protection, with the support of the Board of Trustees of the Minority Rights Protection Foundation, provides all possible support and assistance to its Transcarpathian partners, their colleagues and relatives, as well as free legal advice and representation to all Hungarians fleeing from Transcarpathia, reports www.karpatalja.ma. Information on how to get in touch, can be found at www.kji.hu.
The Women's Federation holds an Ecumenical Day of Prayer (19:23)
In the coming days, the Women's Federation will hold ecumenical days of prayer for peace, for Transcarpathia, for those helping refugees and for those who have lost their homes due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Edited and translated by Anna Derencsényi, international officer of the Diaconia of RCH