Church of Saint Michael, Religious structure in Otrokovice, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Michael is a religious building with stone walls and a bell tower located in Otrokovice. Its structure displays architectural features from different construction periods, showing how renovations and modifications have shaped its appearance over time.
A Baroque chapel dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel was built on Otrokovice's village square in 1769. In 1848 a request to Emperor Ferdinand for a priest was granted only on condition that the chapel be enlarged into a church, completed in 1849; a separate parish followed in 1859. Old bells were requisitioned during World War I and replaced in 1925, the interior was reordered after the Second Vatican Council in 1969, and since the new Church of Saint Adalbert was built the building has served the Greek Catholic liturgy, with its interior adapted for it in 2013.
The church is used by the Greek Catholic Church, which celebrates the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom here every Sunday at 9:00. The ceiling painting shows the Holy Family in Bethlehem by an unknown local artist; oral tradition holds that the faces of the figures are those of Otrokovice citizens and the angels those of their wives.
The church is no longer used for regular Roman Catholic services; since 2013 its interior has been adapted for Greek Catholic liturgy. The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is served every Sunday at 9:00, which is the reliable time to find the doors open. The building stands on the former village square (návsi) of Otrokovice.
The ceiling painting of the Holy Family in Bethlehem is by an unknown local artist; oral tradition holds that the faces of the figures are those of Otrokovice citizens and the angels those of their wives. Two bells, St Michael and Sts Cyril and Methodius, were hung in the tower in 1977.
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