Philokallia of Today

Date:	October 14, 2026 | 19:30 (Wed)
Venue:	St. Wenceslas Church - Na Zderaze
Duration:	60 minutes
Intermission:	No
Status:	Available

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Voices of the sacred: a choral concerto and a new work unveiled during the concert

Program: 

• Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Choir
• Jan Ryant Dřízal: Two Sacred Songs – World Premiere

Performing:

Pražští pěvci (Prague Singers), conductor - Stanislav Mistr

About the Archaion Kallos festival:

Once again, the Philokallia association invites you to the Archaion Kallos International Festival of Orthodox Music. Do not miss this beautiful spiritual and musical experience. In its literal sense, the Greek expression “archaion kallos” means “ancient beauty,” but in the vocabulary of the Holy Fathers of the Eastern Christian Church, “archaion kallos” speaks of a certain archetype, an “original beauty,” that is to say, the beauty which man beheld in Paradise and which he experienced after Creation. The Philokallia Association (philokallia, a word of Greek origin meaning “love of the beautiful”) gave this name to the first and only festival of Orthodox music in Prague because the association perceives every act in sacred music, whether of composition or interpretation, as a kind of conscious or unconscious search for this pristine beauty, the Archaion Kallos.

Important: 

• No intermission
• Dress code: casual 
• Program subject to change

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St. Wenceslas Church - Na Zderaze

Address:	Resslova 300/6 , Praha 2
Capacity:	200
Type:	Church
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	No

Ancient Romanesque-Gothic church in Prague New Town once served as a prison

St. Wenceslas Church was founded in the 12th century at the former settlement Zderaz. The originally Romanesque church was rebuilt into the Gothic church in the second half of the 14th century. At the end of the 18th century the church was abolished to be re-consecrated in 1927 by the Czechoslovak Church which still occupies the church today.

When visiting the church, you might notice a beautiful Renaissance and Baroque paintings.

How to get there:

• Accessibility by public transport:
  metro B (yellow line) - Karlovo náměstí stop
  tram - Karlovo náměstí stop 
• Nearest car parking:
  Central Parking Prague, Karlovo náměstí 292/15