The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Budapest

 
HUNGARY, 2009 postal card for the centenary of the Independent Jesuit Province of Hungary

The postal card above shows the main altar of the Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Budapest, in typical neo-romantic gothic style. It also features Fr. Jakab Bús, SJ, the first Provincial of the Hungarian Province, the Rose Window of the Church, an outside view, and the organ. At the bottom the logo of the Centenary Celebration. The church in the VIII district of Budapest, Mária utca 25, is still in the possession of the Society and is the locale for a weekly Mass for the English-speaking community.

  
HUNGARY, 2009, the image of the Madonna della Strada painted by Festy Mesa which is kept in this church
is displayed on the imprinted stamp of the above postal card, on a personalized label, and on Hungary's Christmas stamp

Three Other Jesuit Churches in Budpest

HUNGARY, 1961, Stamp Day, Scott B220-3
in this panoramic view eastward from Buda to Pest, three Jesuit churches may be seen:

on stamp 1 the Church of St. Anne	on stamp 3 Coronation Church	on stamp 4 Parish of Pest-Belvaros

HUNGARY, 1970, Scott 2018
in this panoramic view westward from Pest to Buda the same three churches may be seen:

above POSTA the Church of St. Anne	above POSTA Coronation Church	below 1970 Parish of Pest-Belvaros

The Church of St. Anne, Budapest

HUNGARY, 1982, St. Anne's is on the river's edge at the right, Scott B328

The Church of St. Anne seen on the landscapes above and a residence dependent on the college were built at the foot of fortress hill by the Jesuits in 1740 in the purest Baroque style. Situated on Betthyány ter, St. Anne's was built to Italian designs first by Kristóf Hanon and afterwards by Máté Nepauer. The church was badly damaged during World War II; its reconstruction was completed in 1958.

Coronation Church, Budapest

 
HUNGARY, 1982, the 55th Stamp Day, Fisherman's Bastion and Coronation Church, Scott B326
POLAND, 2005, European Capitals series, Coronation Church & statue of St. Stephen, Scott 3801

Coronation Church in Trinity Square, seen in the landscapes above (also called the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church of the Assumption, and Matthias Cathedral or Church), is the oldest building in Buda. The original church was built in 1255-1269. Many of the kings of Hungary were crowned here. When the Turks invaded in 1526 they burned the church, but then rebuilt it for use as a mosque. After the recapture of the city the church was given briefly to the Franciscans and then to the Jesuits who held it until the Suppression in 1775. The Jesuits built an adjoining college, which was half destroyed during World War II and not yet restored.

  
  
HUNGARY, 1926-30, Scott 409-12, 434-436
1931, overprints, Scott 452, 455-456

 
HUNGARY, 1942-43, Scott 587, 596

  
HUNGARY, 1966, UNESCO's 20th anniversary, Scott 1767
1970 (but bearing the date of '71) a century of Hungarian stamps, Scott B276
1966, the 8th European Athletic Championships, Scott 1787

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