Archbishop to hold mass in memory of those who died in Smolensk crash

In related news, the Archbishop of Prague Dominik Duka will hold a special mass at Prague’s St Vitus Cathedral in memory of those who died in the accident. The mass will take place next Friday at 10 am. President Václav Klaus, Prime Minister Jan Fischer and the Polish ambassador to Prague Jan Pastwa have said in advance they would attend, the spokesman for the archbishop said.

The Czech football league has confirmed it will also pay homage to the victims of Saturday’s crash in a minute of silence ahead of all 1st and 2nd division matches on Sunday and Monday.

On Saturday, after news of the tragedy broke, President Klaus ordered the Polish flag, with black mourning ribbons, to be flown alongside the Czech flag at Prague Castle.