"The galley slaves are crown witnesses for us"

Three hundred and fifty years ago, thirty Hungarian Protestant preachers were sold into slavery in the port of Naples. Now, centuries later, Hungarian pilgrims commemorated them in the same place. They discovered the legacy of their religious ancestors up close.

2025. május 23.

"By means of their faith they still speak even though they are dead"

The 8th of May marked the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the Reformed and Lutheran pastors and preachers in the city of Naples, condemned by a special court in Pozsony (Pressburg, today Bratislava), sold as galley slaves.

2025. május 23.

A Faithful Connection

A descendent of the Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter visited Budapest to pay homage to the man who freed Hungarian galley slaves on the 340th anniversary of the historic day.

2016. február 16.