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TheGreeks in Hungary constitute one of the thirteen officially recognizedethnic minorities inHungary sinceThe Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities Act was enacted by theHungarian parliament on July 7, 1993.^[1]

Hungarian law recognizes individuals' minority rights, establishes the concept of the collective rights of ethnic minorities, and states the inalienable collective right of minorities to preserve their ethnic identity. The law also permits associations, movements, and political parties of an ethnic or national character and mandates the unrestricted use of ethnic languages. To be recognized, an ethnic group must have at least 100 years' presence in the country, and its members must becitizens.^[2]

Hungarians kept close relation with theByzantine Empire.^[3] After theFall of Constantinople, some Greeks reached Hungary and found refuge in the court ofMatthias Corvinus.^[3] The earliest migrations of Greeks to the territory of present-day Hungary (as part of theHabsburg monarchy) were noted in the 15th and 16th centuries and consisted primarily of isolated highly educated individuals.^[4] Mass migrations did not occur until the 17th century,^[4] the largest waves being in 1718 and 1760-1770;^[5] they were primarily connected to the economic conditions of the period.^[4] During the reign ofJoseph II (1780-1790) mass printing of Greek books began in Hungary.^[6]

It is estimated that 10,000 Greeks lived in Hungary by the second half of the 18th century.^[3][5] At that point, every single town in Hungary had a Greek population and Greek communities are estimated to have been over 100.^[3]Buda andPest (todayBudapest) had the largest concentration of Greeks in the country. In particular, the cities ofKecskemét,Vác,Szentendre andRáckeve had significant Greek communities.^[3]

The Greeks of Budapest originally worshiped in the Serbian church of Agios Georgios, where the liturgy was held in both Serbian and Greek. But later, at the end of the 18th century, about two hundredMacedonian Greeks (most of whom were fromThessaloniki,Serres,Kozani,Siatista andMonastiri) built aGreek Orthodox church, with the permission of the Hungarian rulers, which cost 110,000forint.^[3]

The present-day Greek community consists primarily of political refugees from theGreek Civil War,^[7] and numbers 3,916 people, according to the 2011 census.^[8] In the villageBeloiannisz (Greek: ΜπελογιάννηςBeloyannis), founded in 1950 by Greek refugees, the mayor is traditionally Greek although the number of Greeks has dwindled to about 300 out of a total population of 1,200.^[7]

• Greek people
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• Hungarians in Greece

• (in Greek and Hungarian)Self-government of the Greeks of HungaryArchived 2016-05-26 at theWayback Machine
• (in Greek and Hungarian)The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople - Exarchate of Hungary

• Ethnic groups in Hungary
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• Hungarian people of Greek descent

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