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The circle is also very close to the contemporary perception of liturgy in church that represents the community of the Apostles and Jesus around the table during the Last Supper.

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The circle is the shape of fullness, it is the full stop in the area of the housing estate and its spiritual focal point that should serve as a place where people can break out of the daily hustle, rest for a while or recollect themselves. There are several reasons why we chose circular shape for the church. It might be said that the circle is floating above Lesná or, on a figurative, transcendental level, that the heaven is floating above Lesná. The heaven is reflected back in the colourful annular window that embraces the church just below the roof. The circle is an age-long symbol of heaven and eternity (in contrast to the square, which refers to earth and transience). The sacred district is built in a completely different scale which differentiates it from the surrounding blocks of flats and creates a dominant on a wholly new level. The original centre is rectangular, the tower is triangular and the church is circular, which means the three basic geometric shapes are all represented. There are three basic masses on it – the church, the tower and the spiritual centre (designed by Zdeněk Bureš).

The new church cannot compete with them in terms of size, which is why it has been designed to be very simple in expression, elementary in geometry and therefore easily legible.Ī rectangular plateau is laid out on the plot that defines the sacred district. The area is covered with tall concrete apartment buildings. The church is located in the heart of the housing estate at the mouth of the Čertova rokle ravine. Marie Restituta who was born approximately 600 meters from its location. It is the first church to be dedicated to Bl.

The church is fully funded by the church offerings and donations. Its location was chosen by the architects of the wonderful housing estate, František Zounek and Viktor Rudiš. However, the intention to build a church first came up in the relaxed atmosphere of 1968 and was finally fulfilled after 50 years. Architect Marek Jan Štěpán has occupied himself with the idea of this church intermittently for the past 30 years.