After November, dozens of churches were built in the Czech Republic, mainly in Moravia

Prague - A selection of information about newly built churches in the Czech Republic after 1989 (on Sunday, November 22, the new Church of Christ the Savior in the Barrandov housing estate will be consecrated):

- After 1989, several dozen churches and hundreds of smaller church buildings, such as chapels, were newly constructed in the Czech Republic. By far, the most of them are Roman Catholic, particularly in Moravia and Silesia. New places of worship after 1989 were also introduced by the Evangelical, Brethren, or Orthodox churches, as well as the Jewish community. With the growing number of Muslims living in the Czech Republic, several Muslim prayer rooms were also established in the past three decades.

- According to experts, modern churches have a somewhat different focus than the previously built temples. They serve much more as community centers, often featuring cinema halls, club rooms, or cafés. Especially in housing estates, where quality public infrastructure is often lacking, they fulfill the function of a place where people meet not only during services. This is the case for the Barrandov church, which will become a community center and a place for education and leisure activities.

- Among the most well-known post-November church buildings in Prague is the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strašnice. The building, with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof shape, was constructed between 1992 and 1994 according to the design of architect Jindřich Synek, who also reconstructed several sacred buildings. Ten years later, the Church of Saint Elizabeth opened in Prague-Kbely. The building has an elliptical shape reminiscent of a loaf of bread, from which a part was cut off and given away.

- In May 2007, a new church and the Mother Teresa Community Center were opened in the Jižní Město housing estate near the Háje metro station. A similar but smaller facility for cultural, spiritual, and social activities was previously established in the western part of the metropolis in Nové Butovice.

- The most new church buildings were constructed after November in Moravia and Silesia, where nearly forty churches emerged over the past three decades. For example, in the Archdiocese of Olomouc, the Church of the Holy Family was opened in Luhačovice in 1997, or six years later, the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians in Zlín in the Southern Slices. In 2017, the Church of Saint Wenceslas was consecrated in Sazovice in Zlín, whose cylindrical shape was inspired by the rotundas from the time of this Czech saint.

- In the Brno Diocese, the Church of Our Lady Queen was built in 2004 in Hrušovany near Brno, followed four years later by the Church of the Holy Spirit in Šumná in the Znojmo region or the modern pilgrimage Church of Divine Mercy and Saint Faustina in Slavkovice near Nové Město na Moravě. In Brno itself, the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians was completed as early as 1995 in the Žabovřesky housing estate. This year, the church of Blessed Marie Restituta was consecrated in Lesná.

- In the Ostrava-Opava Diocese, the most churches (and also chapels) were built in the Opava area, mainly in the Hlučín region. Noteworthy is the Church of Christ the Good Shepherd in Hněvošice in Opava from 1996. One of the largest new buildings is the pilgrimage Church of Our Lady Help of Christians in Zlaté Hory in Bruntál from 1995, featuring a prominent 48-meter tall tower. In Ostrava, the Church of the Holy Spirit was opened in Zábřeh in 2007, which includes a pastoral center, garages, and apartments for priests.

- In Bohemia, significantly fewer churches have been built, yet there are interesting structures among them. For example, the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo in Písek, opened in 2000, stands on a six-pointed star base. In the Plzeň region, the Trappist Monastery of Our Lady was built in 2004 in Nový Dvůr near Toužim, and in the Hradec Králové Diocese, the architecturally bold Ecumenical Church of Divine Love was consecrated in 2006 in Budislavi near Litomyšl.

- In 2003, the Evangelical Congregation House was established in Letohrad in the Orlickoústecko region, while the Brethren Church opened the Bethel Church in Poděbrady in 2007, followed in November 2010 by a church reminiscent of Noah's Ark in Černošice near Prague, and a month later a church with alternately sloping shed roofs in Litomyšl. Among smaller structures, the austere chapel near the D5 highway not far from Šlovice in the Plzeň region or the ark-like chapel in Černá in the Žďár region from 2011 are worth mentioning.