Photo: Elena Horálková, Czech Radio
Have you heard of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church? What inspires someone to become a priest? Why are pastors prone to burnout? And can a priest dance on live television? Radio Prague International spoke with Martina Viktorie Voborníková Kopecká, a priest of the Hussite Church who is also a family therapist, author, blogger, and radio host. In a country where much of the population identifies as irreligious, she is a remarkably well-known public figure.
In the late 1910s and early 1920s, Czech reform-minded Catholic priests began advocating changes to their church to better suit the newly established Czechoslovak state after World War I.
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Author: Hannah Vaughan