Currently, the level is 5, but starting Monday, it should change to level 4, which allows for services with 20 participants. Since St. Martin's Church does not allow for social distancing during services, we will hold all weekday masses at the Church of the Holy Family, always at 6 PM from Monday to Saturday (except Tuesday). As the number of interested participants usually hovers around 15 people, we will not be addressing the number of participants.
On Sunday, there will be a mass at St. Martin's Church, as it is the only one that allows us to livestream the services on YouTube. The Sunday mass will also be limited to 15 people, which is why we have created a reservation system, where you can reserve a spot for the service. If you do not make a reservation or if the capacity of 15 people for the mass has already been reached, there will again be an hour available for receiving the Eucharist at St. Martin's Church between 9 and 10 AM.
To summarize, the services will be as follows:
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat at 6:00 PM Church of the Holy Family (no reservation)
Sun at 8:00 AM St. Martin's Church (reservation only), followed by the opportunity to receive the Eucharist between 9 and 10 AM.
Notice! On Saturday, November 28, the mass will exceptionally take place in the morning at 8 AM, as we will celebrate the jubilee year of 900 years of the Premonstratensian order at Strahov with a grand vespers, during which new bells for the Strahov basilica will be blessed. This vespers will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Tomorrow we will celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. At the end of the mass, which we will livestream on YouTube, there will be a short adoration with the renewal of the consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Participation in the mass at St. Martin's is only allowed after reservation here on the website. Then, between 9 and 10 AM, there will be an opportunity for confession and receiving the Eucharist at St. Martin's.
Next week we enter the Advent season. At the beginning of Advent, Advent wreaths are blessed. Since the Sunday mass takes place at St. Martin's Church, the wreaths will be blessed for those participating in the mass there, and — since not all wreaths can fit in St. Martin's Church — for others during the livestream of the mass on YouTube. Please keep the wreath unlit before the beginning of the livestreamed mass; light it only after the blessing prayer at the beginning of the mass.
