Post by syzygy on Feb 23, 2018 9:19:58 GMT
Everyone knows, in all christian countries worldwide, at noon, bells start to ring. The less know, why?...
However "bulla that founded the noon bell ritual was announced in St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Calixtus III before the battle", "the victory later reshaped the meaning and understanding of the ritual" and at least for us, who live in this part of the world -not taking the words of John Donne I say:
The noon bells are ringing for the souls of christian hungarian and serbian heroes (I think many romanian (wlach, moldav) and other eastern european recruits might also was been there) led by Szilágyi Mihály, who has defended Belgrade fort from the Ottoman overpower in 1456, and for all the arriving army corps led by Hunyadi János, who finally defeated the enemy and stopped Ottoman advance in Europe.
Ringing for those who died in the swamps of the Southeast for a free, peaceful development of a Christian world in the West. And this was only one example amongst the numerous occasions when this region played the role of the bumper and the shield against the eastern invasions.
Sad, that -by the exception of the noon bell ring- their descendants earned not much evaluation from the western world in the forthcoming centuries...*
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Think of them and their sacrifice when you hear the bells at noon!
God Bless Their Souls!
For whom the noon bell tolls.kmz (1.47 KB)
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Borders of Historical Hungary
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*Only to mention two lethal acts and one forsake by the "western powers", that shaped the fate of Hungary with all its people -and the whole geopolitical region of the Carpathian Basin as well- afterwards.
Three events, that must never be forgotten, until the last one hungarian:
The 13 Martyrs of Arad
Treaty of Trianon
1956
However "bulla that founded the noon bell ritual was announced in St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Calixtus III before the battle", "the victory later reshaped the meaning and understanding of the ritual" and at least for us, who live in this part of the world -not taking the words of John Donne I say:
The noon bells are ringing for the souls of christian hungarian and serbian heroes (I think many romanian (wlach, moldav) and other eastern european recruits might also was been there) led by Szilágyi Mihály, who has defended Belgrade fort from the Ottoman overpower in 1456, and for all the arriving army corps led by Hunyadi János, who finally defeated the enemy and stopped Ottoman advance in Europe.
Ringing for those who died in the swamps of the Southeast for a free, peaceful development of a Christian world in the West. And this was only one example amongst the numerous occasions when this region played the role of the bumper and the shield against the eastern invasions.
The Victory of Nándorfehérvár (1456)
"The Siege of Belgrade, Battle of Belgrade or Siege of Nándorfehérvár was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred from July 4–22, 1456. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II rallied his resources in order to subjugate the Kingdom of Hungary. His immediate objective was the border fort of the town of Belgrade (in old Hungarian Nándorfehérvár). John Hunyadi, the Voivode of Transylvania, who had fought many battles against the Turks in the previous two decades, prepared the defenses of the fortress.
The siege escalated into a major battle, during which Hunyadi led a sudden counterattack that overran the Ottoman camp, ultimately compelling the wounded Mehmed II to lift the siege and retreat. The battle had significant consequences, as it stabilized the southern frontiers of the Kingdom of Hungary for more than half a century and thus considerably delayed the Ottoman advance in Europe.
The Pope celebrated the victory as well, as he had previously ordered all Catholic kingdoms to pray for the victory of the defenders of Belgrade. This led to the noon bell ritual that is still undertaken in Catholic and old Protestant churches. The day of the victory, 22 July, has been a memorial day in Hungary ever since. ..."
more from source: en.wikipedia.org
"The Siege of Belgrade, Battle of Belgrade or Siege of Nándorfehérvár was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred from July 4–22, 1456. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II rallied his resources in order to subjugate the Kingdom of Hungary. His immediate objective was the border fort of the town of Belgrade (in old Hungarian Nándorfehérvár). John Hunyadi, the Voivode of Transylvania, who had fought many battles against the Turks in the previous two decades, prepared the defenses of the fortress.
The siege escalated into a major battle, during which Hunyadi led a sudden counterattack that overran the Ottoman camp, ultimately compelling the wounded Mehmed II to lift the siege and retreat. The battle had significant consequences, as it stabilized the southern frontiers of the Kingdom of Hungary for more than half a century and thus considerably delayed the Ottoman advance in Europe.
The Pope celebrated the victory as well, as he had previously ordered all Catholic kingdoms to pray for the victory of the defenders of Belgrade. This led to the noon bell ritual that is still undertaken in Catholic and old Protestant churches. The day of the victory, 22 July, has been a memorial day in Hungary ever since. ..."
more from source: en.wikipedia.org
Sad, that -by the exception of the noon bell ring- their descendants earned not much evaluation from the western world in the forthcoming centuries...*
...
Think of them and their sacrifice when you hear the bells at noon!
God Bless Their Souls!
For whom the noon bell tolls.kmz (1.47 KB)
***
Related kmz download from this board:
Borders of Historical Hungary
***
*Only to mention two lethal acts and one forsake by the "western powers", that shaped the fate of Hungary with all its people -and the whole geopolitical region of the Carpathian Basin as well- afterwards.
Three events, that must never be forgotten, until the last one hungarian:
The 13 Martyrs of Arad
Treaty of Trianon
1956
