Thursday, March 20, 2025

Two Christian National Hymns in Europe


I think Hungary's is the more Christian one. I have never heard it before.

I don't speak Hungarian, but the video fortunately had subtitles of the Himnusz. I have more than once brought up videos with Jeszcze Polska (I studied the language half time in parallel with Baltic cultural history for Autumn term in 2003) to honour decisions I like.

Hungary has recently banned Gay Pride. I wanted to do the same for Hungary.

I'll give you the gist of Iceland's hymn first.

"God of our country, thou art eternal, before thee a thousand years are like one day and the thousand years of Iceland are like the flower of one day"

That's fairly Christian. It cannot be construed as anything like totally un-Christian.

But here is Hungary.

"We have suffered for the sins of the past and the future, God, give us back our joy" ...

I seldom cry, but this brought tears to my eyes.

God Bless Austria and Hungary./HGL

PS, in case of war, Hungary is not praying for victory, but for God's guarding arm ... basically, whichever side the victory goes to./HGL

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