Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened the exhibition entitled „Serbian Church Art in Hungary” at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Brussels on Wednesday.

Cultural Minister of Serbia Bratislav Petkovic, President of the Provincial Government of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtic, and Head of the „Matica Srpska” Art Gallery in Novi Sad Tijana Palkovljevic, also spoke at the event. On the Hungarian side, Ambassador Károly Grúber, Representative to the Political and Security Committee in Brussels, and György Schöpflin, Member of European Parliament, participated at the opening. 

The Hungarian State Secretary pointed out that the exhibition was a great example for European cultural diversity, and stressed the role of culture in binding various peoples and nations. He underlined the importance of Hungarian-Serbian reconciliation and claimed that the heritage of Greek orthodoxy was part of Europe’s Christian tradition.
The town of Szentendre – 20 kilometers north of Budapest – is the most important reservoir of Serbian church art in Hungary. The 39 art works of the exhibition were renovated by the experts of „Matica Srpska” Art Gallery in Novi Sad in 2010-2011.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)