Svatý Štěpán - Štěpánská 535/6

In Štěpánská Street stands the Church of St. Štěpán, who would also look for him elsewhere. It is a remnant of the New Town of Prague, built by Charles IV. But the church site is much older, see the adjacent rotunda of St. Longhina, once also St. Štěpán. However, the bell tower behind the church with a special roof is younger, it was not completed until around 1600. It was caused by the Hussites.

The same historic church does not appear in tourist attractions. When you visit Rotunda, you can pay attention to the SV Stepan church next to it.

Moving along Lipova Street, which smoothly flows into Stafanskaya, a succession of centuries-old houses, tightly pressed to each other, will lead you to the St. Stephen's Church. Despite the fact that the history of this temple dates back to the 10th century, the current structure was erected in 1351 by order of King Karel of Luxembourg. The new church was built in the Gothic style. Finally, the construction work was completed in 1367. At the heart of the project of the temple itself lay the basilic type, which is the base type for religious Christian buildings. For a long time, the locals continued to call this temple "the church of St. Stephen on Rybnichka." In the annals of those times there are also other names: “Greater Church of Stephen” or “Great Stephen”, apparently, to distinguish it from the small church of St. Stephen in Old-Place. When the temple began to grow rapidly cemetery, where they buried not only local parishioners, but also from surrounding parishes. Interesting fact: only during the plague of 1380, about 3,500 people were buried in the cemetery! It should be noted that the pogost in this place originated during the reign of Karel Luxemburg. Originally there were buried the pilgrims who died during a visit to the holy relics in Prague. Therefore, the locals called it the "cemetery of strangers" or "the cemetery of pilgrims." There are five altars in the temple. The main one - the Body of the Lord - refers to the year 1376. Karel of Luxembourg, who especially honored St. Stephen and even wore a part of his finger in his ring, placed one of the pebbles with which the Holy First-Martyr Stephen was beaten into the altar. In 1383, Johann Mülberg of Meissen erected the altar of St. Wenceslas in the church, in 1408 the altars of St. Vavholomey and St. Barbara appeared, and by 1419 the fifth altar of the temple was erected. At the same time, a small wooden bell tower was built next to the church. There were bells on the tower of the temple, one of which originally received the name "Stephen", and then renamed "Lohmar", in honor of the master who created it, who was killed by the Hussites during the wars. The bloody Hussite wars that engulfed the whole of the Czech Republic were not spared by the church of St. Stephen. On July 22, 1410, on the day of St. Mary Magdalene, an armed detachment of Hussites attacked a Catholic preacher in this church, who was about to announce a bull from the pulpit, which would be anathematized by Jan Hus and his followers. The church itself was forcibly seized on July 30, 1419 by fanatical Hussite preacher Jan Zheliwski and his followers. Having broken open the locked door of the temple, the Hussites expelled the Catholic priest and all the servants from it, looted the plebania. After this, Jan Zelivsky performed the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the church, and then proceeded with the procession to the New Town Hall. Here, at the town hall, a massacre unfolded, which went down in history as the First Prague Defenestration, which became the beginning of the Hussite Wars. So involuntarily the temple, which was supposed to serve the good of the local parish community, became the site of bloody battles. During the entire period of the Hussite Wars, the church of St. Stephen was in the hands of the rebellious reformers. The sad fate went to the church during the raging plague epidemic in Prague. At the churchyard, they began to bury the victims of the epidemic. In 1502 more than 15 thousand people were buried in the cemetery. In 1520, a new plague epidemic broke out in the city, during which virtually the entire school at the church died out, and 20-30-30 people were buried at the Holy See-cemetery cemetery once a day. Outbreaks of plague in Prague continued until the 18th century. Throughout the 16th century, the church was accompanied by disasters and misfortunes. It was a time of tragedy, broken destinies and endless deaths. In addition to the plague, which mowed a significant part of the parishioners, on June 20, 1593, a strong lightning bolt struck the church, damaging the temple vault and its support. Since the beginning of the 17th century, restoration work began in the temple, which lasted until 1612. In 1600, a wooden chapel was rebuilt into a stone chapel in the churchyard. Significant changes have undergone the temple itself.

The church was founded in 1351 by Charles IV. and was one of the two main parish churches of the New Town of Prague. The Gothic building was built between 1351 - 1401. The nave was completed in 1392 and the 57-meter-high church steeple in 1401. The church was administered by Old Town cruisers. Around the church and belfry already during the reign of Charles IV. he was decomposing a cemetery, very large at that time. He was called a pilgrim, because pilgrims who died in Prague on their way to the holy remains were buried here. Later it was used as a plague cemetery. In 1502, more than 13,000 plague victims were taken here from all Prague cities. The cemetery was closed in 1784. The church was founded in 1351 by Charles IV. and was one of the two main parish churches of New Town of Prague. The Gothic building was built between 1351 - 1401. The nave was completed in 1392 and the 57-meter-high church tower in 1401. The church was administered by Old Town cruisers. There was a huge cemetery around the church and belfry during the reign of Charles IV. It was called a pilgrim cemetery, because pilgrims who died in Prague on their way to the holy remains were buried here. Later it was used as a plague cemetery. In 1502, more than 13,000 plague victims were taken here from all Prague cities. The cemetery was closed in 1784.