In Most, they explained the Orthodox church, the fifth one in the Czech Republic

Most - Today in Most, they presented a new Orthodox church, the fifth in the Czech Republic. The wooden structure in Transylvanian style will commemorate the memory of Romanian soldiers who fell on Czech and Slovak territory during World War II. Romanian Ambassador Daniela Gitman reminded at the ceremonial event today that there were more than 66,000 of them.
     Today’s celebration near the Gothic church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, whose relocation has become synonymous with the city of Most, was attended by several hundred people, a large portion of whom were foreigners. In the morning, representatives of the Romanian and Czech Orthodox churches consecrated the church, after which the first mass was held in the church. In front of the church stands a wooden carved wayside shrine, into the base of which priests ceremonially placed a list of names of Romanians who fell in Czechoslovakia during World War II.
     According to Romanian church tradition, the back part of the church with the altar is usually closed to everyone except priests and men who profess the Orthodox faith; women and other visitors were allowed to look inside only until midnight today. The church area is supposed to be open to the public according to the representative of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic, Metropolitan Kryštof. Besides the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and St. Valentine, a small women's monastery and an outdoor chapel are also planned to be built by the emerging Most lake.
     In the place of today's new wooden church originally stood the old Most, which fell victim to brown coal mining. Two Orthodox churches also had to make way for coal mining throughout the Most basin. "The cathedral consecrated today is only the fifth in the Czech Republic. The first is in Karlovy Vary, the second in Mariánské Lázně, the third in Františkovy Lázně, and the fourth was built by the first Czech Prime Minister Karel Kramář, who was of Orthodox faith, at the Olšany Cemetery in Prague," explained Metropolitan Kryštof.
     According to him, the first church commemorating fallen soldiers was also established in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1947. In Medzilaborce in eastern Slovakia, it was built by General and later President Ludvík Svoboda, himself of Orthodox faith, as a memorial to his fallen soldiers, who were mostly Orthodox Czechs or Rusyns.
     Workers from Romania began constructing the new Most church in 2007. Initially, the building was constructed in Romania, after which the church was disassembled and transported to northern Bohemia. The city was very eager for the church, which was also one of the reasons why the Romanian side chose Most. The city hall anticipates that the unusual building will become one of the attractions for tourists.