Thousands of believers are gathering at the Brno Exhibition Centre on Saturday, 6 June 2026, for a solemn Mass at which priests Jan Bula and Václav Drbola will be declared blessed. Both clergymen were executed by the communist regime in the 1950s and, according to available information, faced torture before their deaths. novinky.cz ↗
The event is being described as the largest in the history of the Brno diocese and one of the biggest spiritual events in the modern history of the Czech Republic. According to published figures, approximately twelve to thirteen thousand believers are expected in Brno. The afternoon service is meant to conclude a beatification process that has lasted more than twenty years. idnes.cz ↗
For this occasion, Cardinal and papal legate Michael Czerny, who has Czech roots, has come to Brno and is to lead the solemn Mass. The beatification recalls the fates of two priests connected with the victims of communist repression, as well as the way they were publicly portrayed in the past. In connection with Jan Bula, his image in the television series Major Zeman is also recalled, where he was presented as a traitor. ct24.ceskatelevize.cz ↗
Saturday thus concludes a long church effort to have their martyrdom recognized. At the same time, the event once again opens up broader remembrance of the violence committed by the communist regime against clergy and believers in postwar Czechoslovakia. lidovky.cz ↗
Brno hosts beatification of priests Bula and Drbola
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Na blahořečení Buly a Drboly na brněnském výstavišti čeká skoro dvanáct tisíc věřících
novinky.cz
| 13:46 06.06.
„Zanechali velmi inspirující poselství.“ Kardinál blahořečí zavražděné kněze
seznamzpravy.cz
| 08:34 06.06.
Blahořečení kněží Buly a Drboly vyvrcholí slavnostní mší v Brně
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz
| 07:21 06.06.
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