Church of the Holy Spirit in Old Town, Prague, Gothic parish church in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic

The Church of the Holy Spirit is a single-nave Gothic building from the second quarter of the 14th century, with a rectangular tower above the sacristy and a small bell turret added in 1833. Its interior holds a 14th-century Pietà and a late-Gothic statue of Saint Anne.

The building rose as a Gothic parish church in medieval times and retained its Gothic flying buttresses through the centuries. A fire in 1689 destroyed the interior, prompting a Baroque-style roof reconstruction while the medieval outer walls remained intact.

Under Ferdinand I, Jews from the nearby Jewish Town had to attend Catholic sermons in this church, the closest one to their quarter. A fee called Glöckelgeld, paid for bell-ringing against storms and floods, was only abolished for them in 1785. Since 2015 the Armenian Apostolic Church has also used the building.

The location is easy to reach on foot from the Old Town Square and sits at the edge of the Jewish Quarter, making it a natural stop on a city tour. Regular services take place, but visitors should check opening times in advance and remain respectful and quiet if a service is underway.

The stone statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in front of the church was carved by Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff and originally stood on Curie Square. The Pietà inside, from the 14th century, was moved here from the abolished Church of the Holy Cross the Greater; both heads and Christ's feet were broken off during the Hussite wars and the parts were found in rubble in 1627.