The official appreciation of the Rovas Bible is an unprecedented cultural diplomacy success for the Szekely-Hungarian Rovas.
New Testament’s Rovas edition to Pope Benedict 16-th
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
As part of the Papal Audience on February 15, 2012, the head of the Rovas Foundation, László Sípos presented a special Rovas Script Edition of the New Testament and an informative cover letter about the ancient Hungarian writing system to Pope Benedict XVI.
The Holy Father showed genuine interest in the gift, he opened the book and asked questions about the script and its daily use.
László Sípos informed the Pope that the Rovas script is the writing system of ancient Hungarians and it remained in use to this very day. Furthermore, he told the Pope that an increasing number of people learning the Rovas script and its everyday use is spreading. One of the goals of the Rovas Foundation is to promote the ancient Hungarian writing system among interested learners.
During the gift delivery the Hungarian National Anthem was played in the background and a group of pilgrims from Gyergyó sang religious hymns.
Later, the Hungarian delegation received a thank you letter issued by the Vatican State Secretariat.
(The letter can be read below)
Secretariat of State, First Section – General Affairs
No. 198.750, From the Vatican, 5 March 2012
Dear Mr Sípos,
The Holy Father has recieved your letter and he asked me to thank you for your gift of an edition of the New Testament in Szekely-Hungarian Rovas script. He appreciates the sentiments which prompted you to write to him about the unique cultural heritage represented by the Rovas script family.
His Holiness will remember you in his preyers and hi invokes upon you and all your associates at the Rovas Foundation God?s abundant blessings.
Yours sincerely,
Monsignor Peter B. Wells, Assessor
(Hungarian Ambiance – original article)
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