Church of Christ the Savior and community center Prague-Barrandov, Modern Catholic church and community center in Barrandov, Czech Republic.
The Church of Christ the Savior is a contemporary church building with an attached community center in Prague's Barrandov district. The structure combines spaces for worship services with open areas designed for neighborhood gatherings and local meetings.
A church on Barrandov was first proposed in 1934, when Václav M. Havel was building the villa district, but war and the communist takeover stopped it. The project returned after the panel housing estate (1981–1986) brought 8,489 flats for 29,700 people. The parish used a former builders' prefab in Grussova Street from 1994 until asbestos forced its removal in 2009; the new church, designed by Atelier Žiška, was begun in 2018 and consecrated on 22 November 2020.
The name refers to Christ the Savior, and the church was consecrated on 22 November 2020, the feast of Christ the King. The adjoining community centre and café are open to all residents of the Barrandov housing estate, not only to parishioners. The foundation stone, blessed by Cardinal Dominik Duka on 1 November 2018, is set into the right side of the entrance portal.
The church, community centre and café form one building on the Barrandov housing estate in Prague 5, served by the Hlubočepy parish of St Philip and James. The foundation stone blessed on 1 November 2018 is set into the right-hand part of the entrance portal, where visitors can look for it.
The foundation stone set into the right side of the entrance portal was blessed by Archbishop Dominik Cardinal Duka on All Saints' Day, 1 November 2018. Organist Pavel Čížek, the main donor, funded the organ and much of the construction, and Pope Francis made him a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
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