Greek Catholic Church builds first church in Czech Republic

The Greek Catholic Church plans to build its first church in the Czech Republic in Hradec Kralové, Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Wednesday. The project is expected to take three years to complete and cost in the region of 10 million crowns (615,000 USD). There are around 8000 adherents to Greek Catholicism registered in the Czech Republic, the majority of the religion’s followers have Ukrainian or Slovak ancestry. Worshippers can currently attend Greek Catholic services held weekly in churches belonging to other denominations in the Czech Republic.

Author: Rosie Johnston