Christmas Masses 2006 in the Czech Republic

List of Christmas and New Year's masses to be celebrated by Czech bishops and in the cathedrals of Bohemian as well as Moravian Church province on: 4th Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve (Dec 24), Christmas Day (Dec 25), Feast of St Stephen, first martyr (Dec 26), Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs (Dec 28), Feast of the Holy Family (Dec 31), Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and World Day of Peace (Jan 1, 2007), Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (Jan 6), Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Jan 7).Full text of the news in Czech: HERE.

Masses celebrated by Prague Archbishop Miloslav Vlk:

Prague, Ss Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert's Cathedral:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 9.30 am: 4th Sunday of Advent

- Sunday Dec 31 at 4 pm: thanksgiving for the passed year

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 9.30 am

- Saturday Jan 6 at 9.30 am

Prague, Our Lady Victorious' Church - Infant Jesus of Prague: Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

Prague-Karlín, Ss Cyril and Methodius' Church: Sunday Dec 31 at 9.30 am: mass and renewal of matrimonial vows

Prague-Vinohrady, St Ludmila's Church: Friday Jan 5 at 3.30 pm: adoration and mass for new priestly and spiritual vocations

Masses celebrated by Prague Auxiliary Bishop Karel Herbst:

Prague-Holešovice, St Anthony's Church: Sunday Dec 24 at 10 am: 4th Sunday of Advent; at 4 pm

Skorkov: Sunday Dec 24 at 4 pm

Poříčí nad Sázavou: Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

Zhoř: Monday Dec 25 at 11 am

Knovíz: Monday Dec 25 at 2.30 pm

Prague-Old Town, St James the Greater's Church: Tuesday Dec 26 at 10.30 am

Třeběšice: Sunday Dec 31 at 7.30 am

Družec: Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10 am

Prague Archbishopric, Cardinal Beran's Hall: Tuesday Jan 2 at 4 pm: blessing to the Three Kings' carollers

Příbram-Svatá Hora, Church of the Assumption: Sunday Jan 7 at 9 am

Masses celebrated by Prague Auxiliary Bishop Václav Malý:

Prague, Ss Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert's Cathedral: Tuesday Dec 26 at 9.30 am

Prague-Bílá Hora, Our Lady Victorious' Church: Sunday Dec 24 at 10 am

Prague, St Ursula's Church: Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

Prague-Braník, St Procop's Church: Monday Dec 25 at 9.30 am

Lhotka: Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10 am

Prague-Kunratice, St James's Church: Sunday Jan 7 at 9 am

Other Christmas masses celebrated at Prague Cathedral of Ss Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 8 am: rorate mass; at 9.30 am; at 11 am; at 12 pm: midnight mass

- Monday Dec 25 at 8 am; at 11 am; at 5 pm: mass and sung Latin Vespers

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 8 am; at 11 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 8 am; at 11 am

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 8 am; at 11 am

- Saturday Jan 6 at 7 am

Creche is shown until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan 7.

Masses celebrated by Bishop Dominik Duka of Hradec Králové:

Hradec Králové, Holy Spirit's Cathedral:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

- Monday Dec 25 at 9.30 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 4 pm

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 9.30 am

- Friday Jan 5 at 8 am: Three Kings' money collection follows

- Sunday Jan 7 at 6.30 pm

Chrudim, Church of the Assumption: Saturday Jan 6 at 9.30 am

Other Christmas masses celebrated at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Hradec Králové:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 6.30 am; at 9.30 am; at 11 am

- Monday Dec 25 at 6.30 am; at 11 am; 5.30 pm: sung Vespers

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 6.30 am; at 9.30 am; at 11 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 6.30 am; at 9.30 am; at 11 am

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 6.30 am; at 9.30 am; at 11 am; at 5.30 pm: sung Vespers

- Saturday Jan 6 at 9.30 am; at 6.30 pm

Masses celebrated by Bishop Jiří Paďour of České Budějovice:

České Budějovice, St Nicholas' Cathedral:

- Monday Dec 25 at 9 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 3 pm

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 9 am

- Tuesday Jan 2 at 5 pm: blessing to the Three Kings' carollers

Starý Rožmitál: Sunday Dec 24 at 10 pm: midnight mass

Žihobce: Tuesday Dec 26 at 11 am

Other Christmas masses celebrated at Cathedral of St Nicholas in České Budějovice:

- Monday Dec 25 at 7 am; at 10.30 am; at 5 pm

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 7 am; at 9 am; at 10.30 am; at 5 pm

- Sunday Dec 31 at 7 am; at 9 am; at 10.30 am

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 7 am; at 10.30 am; at 5 pm

- Saturday Jan 6 at 7 am; at 8 am; at 5 pm

- Sunday Jan 7 at 7 am; at 9 am; at 10.30 am; at 5 pm

Masses celebrated by Bishop František Radkovský of Plzeň (Pilsen):

Plzeň, St Bartholomew's Cathedral:

- Saturday Dec 23 at 8 am: mass and the Peace Light of Bethlehem receiving

- Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight Liturgy of the Word

- Monday Dec 25 at 10.30 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 10.30 am: mass and renewal of matrimonial vows; at 4 pm: thanksgiving for the passed year

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10.30 am

Plzeň, St John of Nepomuk's Church: Tuesday Dec 26 at 9 am

Plzeň, Church of the Assumption:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 10 pm: midnight mass

- Sunday Dec 31 at 12 pm

Other Christmas masses celebrated at the Cathedral of St Bartholomew in Plzeň:

- Monday Dec 25 at 7 am

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 7 am; at 10.30 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 7 am; at 7 pm

- Saturday Jan 6 at 8 am; at 4.30 pm

- Sunday Jan 7 at 7 am; at 10.30 am

Masses celebrated by Bishop Pavel Posád of Litoměřice:

Litoměřice, St Stephen's Cathedral:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 10 am: 4th Sunday of Advent; at 4 pm: midnight mass for the families with children; at 12 pm: midnight mass

- Monday Dec 25 at 10 am

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 10 am: beginning of the anniversary, 950 years of the St Stephen's Chapter

- Sunday Dec 31 at 10 am; at 4 pm: thanksgiving for the passed year, Te Deum

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10 am

- Friday Jan 5 at 6 pm

- Saturday Jan 6 at 10 am: blessing of water, chalk and incense

- Sunday Jan 7 at 10 am

Other Christmas masses celebrated at the Cathedral of St Stephen in Litoměřice:

- Monday Dec 25 at 6 pm

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 6 pm

- Wednesday Dec 27 at 6 pm: blessing of wine

- Thursday Dec 28 at 6 pm

- Friday Dec 29 at 6 pm

- Sunday Dec 31 at 11 pm: thanksgiving for the passed year

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 6 pm

- Sunday Jan 7 at 6 pm

Masses celebrated by Archbishop Jan Graubner of Olomouc:

Olomouc, St Wenceslas' Cathedral:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 9 pm: midnight mass

- Monday Dec 25 at 10 am: together with Bishop Josef Hrdlička

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10 am: together with Bishop Josef Hrdlička

- Tuesday Jan 2 at 10 am: mass and blessing to the Three Kings' carollers

- Saturday Jan 6 at 6 pm: together with Bishop Josef Hrdlička

- Sunday Jan 7 at 5 pm: solemn Vespers

Olomouc, St Michael's Church: Sunday Dec 24 at 3 pm: mass for children

Olomouc, St Maurice's Church: Tuesday Dec 26 at 9 am

Masses celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Josef Hrdlička of Olomouc:

Olomouc, St Wenceslas' Cathedral:

- Monday Dec 25 at 10 am: together with Archbishop Jan Graubner

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10 am: together with Archbishop Jan Graubner

- Saturday Jan 6 at 6 pm: together with Archbishop Jan Graubner

Olomouc-Svatý Kopeček, Church of the Visitation: Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

Svatý Hostýn, Church of the Assumption: Sunday Dec 31 at 11.45 pm: Te Deum and thanksgiving for the passed year

Other Christmas masses celebrated at the Cathedral of St Wenceslas in Olomouc:

- Monday Dec 25 at 8 am

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 8 am; at 10 am - Wednesday Dec at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel

- Thursday Dec 28 at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel; at 6 pm: at the cathedral

- Friday Dec 29 at 7 am; at 7 pm: both at St Anne's Chapel

- Saturday Dec 30 at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel; at 6 pm at the cathedral: mass and renewal of matrimonial vows

- Sunday Dec 31 at 8 am; at 10 am; at 6 pm

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 8 am

- Tuesday Jan 2 at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel

- Wednesday Jan 3 at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel

- Thursday Jan 4 at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel; at 6 pm: at the cathedral

- Friday Jan 5 at 7 am; at 7 pm: both at St Anne's Chapel

- Saturday Jan 6 at 7 am: at St Anne's Chapel

- Sunday Jan 7 at 8 am; at 10 am: both at the cathedral

Masses celebrated by Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle of Brno:

Brno, Ss Peter and Paul's Cathedral:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

- Monday Dec 25 at 10.30 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 4 pm: thanksgiving for the passed year

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 10.30 am

- Tuesday Jan 2 at 3 pm: mass and blessing to the Three Kings' carollers

Other Christmas masses celebrated at the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Brno:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 7.30 am; at 9 am; at 4 pm: mass for families with children

- Monday Dec 25 at 7.30 am; at 9 am

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 7.30 am; at 9 am; at 10.30 am: mass in Latin

- Sunday Dec 31 at 7.30 am; at 9 am; at 10.30 am

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 7.30 am; at 9 am

- Sunday Jan 7 at 7.30 am; at 9 am: mass for families with children; at 10.30 am

Masses celebrated by Bishop František Lobkowicz of Ostrava and Opava:

Ostrava, Holy Saviour's Cathedral:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 12 pm: midnight mass

- Monday Dec 25 at 9.30 am

- Sunday Dec 31 at 9.30 am; at 5 pm: thanksgiving for the passed year

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 9.30 am: mass and blessing to the Three Kings' carollers

- Saturday Jan 6 at 6 pm: blessing of water, chalk and incense

Opava, Concathedral of the Assumption: Tuesday Dec 26 at 10 am

Other Christmas masses celebrated at the Cathedral of Holy Saviour in Ostrava:

- Sunday Dec 24 at 7.30 am: 4th Sunday of Advent; at 1.30 pm: cathedral open, visitors can see the creche; at 6 pm: mass for families with children

- Monday Dec 25 at 7.30 am; at 7 pm

- Tuesday Dec 26 at 7.30 am; at 9.30 am: mass for families with children

- Sunday Dec 31 at 7.30 am

- Monday Jan 1, 2007 at 7.30 am; at 7 pm

- Friday Jan 5 at 7.30 am: mass and adoration with the Holy Sacrament blessing; at 5 pm: mass for children

- Sunday Jan 7 at 7.30 am; at 9.30 am: mass for families with children; at 7 pm: mass in Latin