Bethlehem light arrives in Czech Republic

The light of Bethlehem, one of the symbols of the Christmas season, has arrived in the Czech Republic. Czech scouts collected the light from their colleagues at the Austrian border on Saturday morning.

The scouts will now distribute the light all over the country and place it in churches and institutions from which people can take it to their homes. It will also burn in the lobby of the Czech Radio building on Vinohradská street in Prague.

The Bethlehem Light tradition was established by the Austrian radio station ORF in 1986. It was first brought to the Czech Republic in 1989, after the fall of communism.