Kostel svatého Vojtěcha Na Balkáně, Roman Catholic parish church in Vysočany, Prague 3, Czech Republic
Kostel svatého Vojtěcha Na Balkáně occupies a former Orel gymnasium (orlovna) in the Balkán area of Vysočany, near the Žižkov border. The building was adapted into a chapel, not built as a church, so it keeps the plain rectangular form of a hall rather than a basilica plan. It has served since 1 January 2008 as the parish church of the quasi-parish Praha – Na Balkáně.
The building began as an Orel Catholic gymnastics hall; the Orel organisation was dissolved in 1939 and its hall faced confiscation. The Association for the Building of a Church in Nové Vysočany settled the hall's debts with Orel and set up a chapel there dedicated to Saint Adalbert, marking the 900th anniversary of the transfer of his relics from Gniezno to Prague. A planned new church nearby was abandoned after 1948; believers restored the chapel in the 1990s, and from 1 January 2008 it has been a parish church.
The dedication to Saint Adalbert recalls the 900th anniversary of the transfer of his relics from Gniezno to Prague, the occasion for which the chapel was founded in the former Orel gymnasium. The building is a filial church of the parish of Saint Anne in Žižkov, with pastoral care provided by the Karlín parish of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
The church stands in Na Balkáně street in Vysočany, close to the Žižkov border, in the locality known as Balkán. It is a branch church of the parish of Saint Anne in Žižkov, with pastoral care provided by the Karlín parish of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It opens to the public during the Night of Churches.
The chapel honours Saint Adalbert on the 900th anniversary of the transfer of his relics from Gniezno to Prague. The Orel gymnasium was dissolved in 1939 and faced confiscation; the association for building a church in Nové Vysočany settled its debts and set up the chapel there instead.
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