Hussite church, Hussite church from 1933 in Peruc, Czech Republic
Husův sbor in Peruc is a chapel of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, entered from Palackého street at the corner with V Edenu. The congregation's building, house no. 300, stands beside a separate parish house at V Edenu 258. Services are held there on Sundays at 3 p.m.
Hussite services in Peruc began in 1924 in the local school. The chapel of M. J. Hus was solemnly opened on 6 July 1933 in the presence of Gustav Adolf Procházka, patriarch of the Czechoslovak Church. Membership grew to about 3,000 by the 1950s; at the end of 2022 the congregation counted 37 members.
The congregation belongs to the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and is led by a Council of Elders with a priest; the vicar Mgr. Veronika Richtářová from Loun has administered it since July 2025. Services are held regularly on Sundays at 3 p.m., and concerts and talks occasionally take place in the building.
The building welcomes visitors, particularly during weekly services and special events held throughout the year. Current information about activities and opening hours can be obtained from the local parish office.
The congregation had about 3,000 members at its peak in the 1950s; by 31 December 2022 the church report listed 37. Services are held regularly on Sundays at 3 p.m., and from 2015 to 2025 the congregation also helped maintain the greenery at the Jewish cemetery near Hřivčice.
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