2:30 p.m.
Formal decoration of horses
Hradčany Square
Programme
5:30 p.m.
Holly Mass
St. Vitus Cathedral
6:45 p.m.
St. John’s Procession to the Charles Bridge
8:00 p.m.
Boat regatta, parachutist jumps, winter swimming
Charles Bridge
8:30 p.m.
Religious Service in the St. Francis of Assisi Church
Křižovnické square
9:00 p.m.
Concert
on the Vltava River under the Charles Bridge
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The NAVALIS Saint John’s celebrations include annual educational, spiritual and cultural projects.
Glass statue
(2011)
The biggest cast glass statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in the world was blessed on the podium. It was situated on the bridge across the Otava River in Čepice u Sušic.
Bells for Nepomuk
(2011)
Bells were let down from the bridge to the surface of the Vltava and were transported and subsequently situated at the birth site of Saint John of Nepomuk.
Underwater statue
(2013)
A statue placed at a depth of 4 metres below the water in the Slapsko Reservoir, where the original statue used to stand on the banks of the Vltava by Saint John’s torrents.
Ride of Kings
(2015)
The Ride of Kings presented in Prague for the first time in Prague. This tradition is registered with UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.