Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:40:24 +0200This “Silver Sunday” 60th since start of grotesque episode of Communist periodhttps://english.radio.cz/silver-sunday-60th-start-grotesque-episode-communist-period-8578380© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThis is the third Sunday of the Christian period of Advent, referred to in Czech as Stříbrná neděle or Silver Sunday. One particular third Sunday in Advent, 60 years ago in 1949, entered the history books, as it marked the start of an odd and rather grotesque episode in the Communist regime’s war against one of its ideological enemies, Czechoslovakia’s Roman Catholic Church.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 This “Silver Sunday” 60th since start of grotesque episode of Communist period https://english.radio.cz/silver-sunday-60th-start-grotesque-episode-communist-period-8578380 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9