Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral

Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral
Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
General information
Town or city	Nové Město, Prague
Country	Czech Republic

The Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in  Nové Město, Prague, Czech Republic, is the principal church in the Metropolitan Council Czech Republic . The existing structure had its origins as a Roman Catholic church built between 1730 and 1736 by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo, archbishop and cardinal of Milan in the 17th century.

In 1942, during Word War II, the cathedral was the scene of the last stand of a number of Czech and Slovak patriots who had assassinated by Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi SS and General of Police. Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld was in command of the troops that stormed the church on 18 June 1942. After a fierce gun battle, they committed suicide to avoid capture.^[1]Presently there is a museum in the church dedicated to them as national heroes.

Gallery

• Photo of Memorial outside door of the church by kind permission Peter Colback
 
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  Photo of Crucifix outside door of the church by kind permission Peter Colback
 
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  Street Identifier of Church by kind permission Peter Colback
 
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  Their Blood Shed for Us Lock in the rain of the gate by kind permission Peter Colback
 
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  Bullet-scarred window of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague where the attackers were cornered