Mass held to remember settlement flooded in creation of dam

A memorial mass was celebrated on Saturday at the church of SS Fabian and Sebastian by the former settlement of Zivohost in central Bohemia, which was flooded during the construction of the Slapy dam. The mass, served by Archbishop Miloslav Vlk, was part of celebrations to mark the 950th anniversary of the first recorded mention of Zivohost. The church and its parish house were the only buildings preserved when Slapy was created.