Advent and Christmas time in Hluboka parish
Church of St. John of Nepomuk
The Roman Catholic parish in Hluboká nad Vltavou has prepared a rich Advent programme:
- Saturday 23 November 2025 - 14.00 - Saint Hubert's Mass with the sale of Advent wreaths
- Saturday 29 November 2025 - 17.00 - Advent Concert - Ludmila Dvořáková (organ), Marie Hintnausová (vocal), Zita Vinklerová (viola)
- Sunday 30.30 - Lighting of the first candle on the Advent wreath
- Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 7.00 - Staročeské roráty
- Saturday, December 6, 2025 - 17.30 - Lighting of the second candle on the Advent wreath
- Wednesday 10. 12. 2025 - 7.00 - Staročeské roráty
- Saturday 13. 12. 2025 - 17.30 - Lighting of the third candle on the Advent wreath
- Sunday 14. 12. 2025 - 15.00 - Christmas Concert by the choir Záviš
- Wednesday 17. 12. 2025 - 7.00 - Staročeské roráty
- Saturday 20. 12. 2025 - 17.30 - Lighting of the third candle on the Advent wreath and a concert by the Aleluja choir
- Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 - 6 p.m. - Czech Christmas Mass - J. J. Ryba - Perchta Choir from Český Krumlov, Musica da Camera Orchestra, conductor Petr Píša (Presale of KC Panorama tickets)
- Wednesday 24 December 2025 - 21.30 - Carol singing and 22.Midnight Mass
- Thursday 25. 12. 2025 - 9.00 -Mass for Christmas Feast
- Friday 26. 12. 2025 - 17.00 - Tea at Five, a get-together "at Záviš" (Restaurant Záviš of Falkenštejn)
- Wednesday 31. 12. 2025 -15.00 - Mass St. in thanksgiving for the past year
- Thursday, 1 Jan 2026 - 4.30pm - New Year's Mass from the Feast of Our Lady, Mother of God
From 20 Dec to 31 Dec the church will be open to the public daily from 11am to 4pm.
From Tuesday 23 Dec the Bethlehem Light will be available in the church.
Churches in the villages:
- Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 - 3:30 p.m. - Church in Purkarc - carol singing and 4 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass
- Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 - 3:30 p.m. - Church in Kostelc - carol singing and 4 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass
