Church of the Dormition, Eastern Orthodox church in Prague, Czech Republic

The Church of the Dormition is an Orthodox parish church on the Orthodox section of Olšany Cemetery in Prague 3-Žižkov, not in the Old Town. It has a square plan measuring 8.20 by 8.20 m inside and rises about 22 m. Professor Vladimir Brandt designed it in a neo-Russian style inspired by churches in Nizhny Novgorod and Pskov, with a mosaic of the Annunciation above the entrance door made by Marie Foersterová's workshop in 1927.

A plot for Orthodox burials was obtained at Olšany Cemetery in 1905, and the church was founded there on 11 September 1924, consecrated on 22 November 1925. The Brotherhood of the Dormition, backed by Prime Minister Karel Kramář and his Russian wife Naděžda, raised four fifths of the funds. When St Nicholas in the Old Town closed in 1945, this church became the parish seat.

The church is known as the Uspensky church, after the Dormition of the Mother of God, and serves the Orthodox parish on the Olšany cemetery. Its walls carry a 1995 memorial plaque, in Czech and Russian, to Russian, Ukrainian and other emigrants deported from Czechoslovakia to the USSR in 1945. The crypt chapel of St Sophia holds the founders' graves.

The church is freely accessible to visitors, but it is important to respect ongoing services and maintain appropriate quiet during liturgy. Visitors should prepare for modest dress, as this is customary in Orthodox churches.

The church stands in the Orthodox section of Olšany Cemetery in Žižkov, not in the Old Town. In the crypt chapel of St Sophia lie Karel Kramář, the first Czechoslovak prime minister, and his Russian wife Naděžda, as well as engineer Nikolai Ipatiev, in whose Yekaterinburg house Tsar Nicholas II and his family were killed.