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“Hare Krishna!”, “Merry Christmas!” – These words will fill the People’s Park on 24-25-26 December, where the Krishna devotees’ Christmas Love Feast will be held again this year. For more than three decades, the event has helped those in need during the festive season. At the venue, next to the Planetarium, devotees and volunteers will be preparing with  thousands of smiles and hundreds of hot meals to celebrate together with those who need support the most. The Christmas Love Feast is the culmination of the year-long humanitarian work of the Krishna devotees to break through the grey walls of indifference …

In our country, 3,000 of our fellow citizens rely on the work of Krishna food distributors every day, who will distribute around 6,000 portions of hot lunches, cooking ingredients and festive goodies to those in need during the Advent season. Not only in the capital, but also in the countryside. This will be the 35th Christmas charity Love Feast. Why do the Hare Krishnas distribute half a million bowls of food every year? It is the job of religions to direct the souls towards God. However, Krishna believers also place great emphasis on charitable work alongside their religious work, as …

Food for Life Hungary, the humanitarian aid arm of the Krishna-conscious believers has organised food distribution events in Hungary on a daily basis for the last thirty years. Although the present difficult economic situation affects the content of aid parcels and the number of portions is also affected, the Hare Krishnas do not give up and will organise the Grand Christmas Love Feast this festive season as well. Every charity and social care organisation faces a challenge by the energy crisis and food inflation. According to the report of the National Bank of Hungary, the price increases of food items …

Since waves of refugees cross the Hungarian border fleeing from Ukraine, ISKCON Hungary starts to actively participate in helping those displaced in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. In addition to keeping up the everyday distribution of food, the Hare Krishna Food For Life program is always ready to help in disaster situations feeding the masses who arrive from disaster areas.  To organize the catering operation, devotees have contacted the relevant government agencies and other charities and are preparing to start the food distribution when the events require. On request from the Embassy of the Republic of India, devotees also participate in the …

Repatriation of Indian students studying in the Ukraine has started a few days ago. The first group of 250 students got back to India through Hungary on February 26. The Food for Life humanitarian programme of the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON Hungary) is helping those displaced by the conflict. The Honourable State Minister for foreign affairs of India, Mr Vellamvelly Muraleedharan expressed his thanks to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for the action in Hungary in a Tweeter post. We will not stop in our mission, our people are  out there on the Eastern border to …