Church of Saint James in Stodůlky, Gothic Revival church in Stodůlky, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint James is a single-nave neo-Gothic building from 1901–1903, designed by Matěj Krch on the site of a Romanesque predecessor. Its square presbytery faces north, and a prismatic tower with four corner pinnacles and a pyramidal roof rises asymmetrically above the south entrance.
A Romanesque church is first documented in 1292, with Jan Heřman named parish priest in 1298 by Bishop Řehoř Zajíc z Valdeka. It served as a cemetery church until the graveyard moved beyond the village in 1835. Judged statically unsound and too small, it was demolished in 1901 and replaced by the present Neo-Gothic church, built 1901–1903 to plans by architect Matěj Krch at a cost of 64,771 crowns.
The church is dedicated to Saint James the Greater; a procession in his honour is held on 25 July, and 11 October is the patronal feast. It cooperates with the sv. Prokopa community centre, and Mass is celebrated on Sundays at 8:00, 9:30 and 18:00.
The church stands on a small hill in the centre of Stodůlky, next to the parish house at Kovářova 21/22. The grounds are still enclosed by the wall of the cemetery abolished in 1835. Regular services are held on Sundays at 8:00, 9:30 and 18:00, Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 and Fridays at 18:00.
Under the organ gallery survives the old church's wooden coffered ceiling, re-set here and painted 1650–1655 with the works of mercy and psalm illustrations. The Gothic stone tabernacle also came from the demolished Romanesque church and stands by the triumphal arch.
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