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Saint Margaret’s Anglican/Episcopal
Church, Budapest
Situated
at 1077 Budapest, Almássy u. 6
Church
Officers
Chaplain:
The Reverend Canon Denis Moss,
The Rectory,
2092
Budakeszi,
Pf.:25, HUNGARY.
Tel. 06 23 452 023
Fax. 06 23 457 123
e-mail:
st.marg.anglicanch@mail.datanet.hu
Wardens:
Howard Robinson (tel. 342 2307);
Éva Kaptay
(tel. 291 7443)
The chapel is centrally
situated on the Buda side of the city in the Seventh District. It is
close to public transport. The Blaha Lujza tér Metro stop on the red
(no. 2) line is just a few minutes walk. If coming by tram, take a no.
4 or 6 and get off at the Wesselényi utca stop. Walk down Barcsay utca,
which is right by this stop, to the end and turn right on to Almássy
utca. The chapel will be found a short distance along on the right.
Who we are
Saint Margaret’s is a parish of the Church of England Diocese in
Europe. However, our membership includes Anglicans from many different
backgrounds, and some non-Anglicans who simply want to worship in
English. We have chosen to use the modern version of the new Common
Worship services of the Church of England. We uphold traditional
Anglican values in preaching and worship. Our dedication is to Saint
Margaret of Scotland who was born in Hungary and is also a saint of
the Hungarian Roman Catholic Church. Her father was of the Saxon royal
house of England, and it is believed that her mother was of the royal
house of Hungary.
In
the words of our Constitution, we exist in order to:
Provide centres of worship in the Anglican tradition; afford pastoral
care to ……such as seek it; proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ ……;
perform such works of social concern to the community as may be
appropriate, as far as possible working in co-operation with other
churches and agencies of government; encourage ecumenical
relationships. Thus, as a community we are purchasing a centrally
located, easily reached chapel in the Seventh District as the focus of
worship, work and ministry. We endeavour to provide a warm and
welcoming Christian family for newcomers. Our altar is open, which
means that any baptized Christian in good standing with their own
church is welcome to receive the bread and wine of communion with us.
The healing ministry is practiced. The Szárnyak Alapítvány (Wings
Foundation) has been set up as a separate body in order to allow the
freedom to work in co-operation with other churches, local authorities
and state government. Through this means we have an active ministry to
prisoners and ex-prisoners, particularly in the area of drug and
alcohol rehabilitation. The Church is a full and active member of the
Hungarian Ecumenical Council of Churches. We also have excellent
relations with other churches, in particular with the Salvation Army
and the Roman Catholic Church.
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