Church of Blessed Maria Restituta, Roman Catholic church in Lesná, Czech Republic.
The Church of Blessed Maria Restituta is a concrete church in the Lesná neighborhood of Brno, built on a circular floor plan with a separate tower linked to the main building by a footbridge. Residential units sit beneath the main church structure, making it a mixed-use building.
Local believers first considered a church after 1968, but the project stalled during normalization; plans revived after the Velvet Revolution and by 2014 collections had raised 40 million crowns. The foundation stone was laid on 5 September 2017, the shell was finished in 2019, and the church was blessed on 12 September 2020 by auxiliary bishop Pavel Konzbul. It is named after Maria Restituta, a Brno-born nun executed for resisting the Nazi regime.
The church is dedicated to Blessed Maria Restituta, a nun born in Brno and executed by the Nazis in 1942. The parish grew out of the Spiritual Center of Father Martin Středa and Blessed Mary Restituta, opened in Lesná in October 2004; the parish itself was established on 1 January 2005.
The church stands on a housing estate in Lesná, with a separate 31-metre tower of exposed concrete joined to the circular main building by an overhead footbridge. The tower's viewing point is not yet open to the public, so visitors should not plan on it. The grounds also hold a spiritual centre, a community hall and underground garages.
The tower carries the Greek inscription FOS-ZOE, meaning light and life. Inside, a carillon of sixteen bells can be heard at certain times of day.
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