All Saints church, Baroque church in Uhříněves, Czech Republic.
All Saints Church is a Baroque building in Uhříněves featuring ornate interior decoration. The main altar displays woodcarvings by František Ferdinand Ublacker and paintings by Jan Petr Molitor the Elder from 1752, while the presbytery ceiling displays a fresco of the Holy Trinity.
The present building was constructed between 1740 and 1743 following designs by builder Tomáš Budil. It replaced an older structure from the 14th century that had previously served the community.
The church is dedicated to All Saints, and its main altar painting of that theme was made by Jan Petr Molitor the Elder, who also painted the Holy Trinity fresco in the presbytery. The parish priest Václav Jan Nepomuk Cžipa served here for 42 years, from 1731 to 1773, and pushed for the building's construction.
The church stands on a terrace where the cemetery lay until 1822; the new cemetery was established about 800 metres east along the main road. Mass is held Monday to Friday at 18:00, Saturday at 8:00, and Sunday at 9:30 and 18:00, with no Sunday evening Mass during the summer school holidays.
The church houses two historical bells, including a larger one cast in 1552 by Tomáš Jaroš and dedicated to St. Wenceslas and St. Ludmila. These bells are among the oldest objects in the building and predate the current structure by nearly two centuries.
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