In the Czech Republic, 47.8% of the population is irreligious, while 21.3% of the population are believers. The religious identity of the country has changed drastically since the first half of the 20
Cathedral of Saint Wenceslaus in Olomouc
Cathedral of Saint Vitus Adalbert and Wenceslaus, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague
Church of Saint Nicholas, the main church of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church with the Jan Hus Memorial, in Prague. Jan Hus (1369–1415), a key figure of the Bohemian Reformation, inspired the Proto-Protestant movement of Hussitism.
Typical countryside Hussite church of the 20th century in Jílové u Prahy, Central Bohemian Region
Czechoslovak Hussite Church
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The Czechoslovak Hussite Church is a Christian church that separated from the Roman Catholic Church after World War I in Czechoslovakia.
Religion in the Czech Republic
…equality. In 1918 the Habsburg monarchy collapsed, and in the newly independent Czechoslovakia, in 1920, the Catholic Church suffered a schism as the Czechoslovak Hussite Church re-established itself as an independent organism. In 1939–1945, Nazism annihilated or expelled most of the Jewish population. The Catholic Church lost…
Jan Hus Memorial and St. Nicholas Church, Prague
Church in Olomouc-Černovír (Czech Republic).
Patriarch Tomáš Butta and bishop of Brno Juraj Jordán Dovala in service.