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Vratislav Štěpánek
Vratislav Štěpánek (18 June 1930, Vrútky – 21 July 2013, Šlapanice) was a clergyman, a bishop, and for a period from 1991 to 1994 the fifth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. In 1989, he had been assigned as Bishop of the Brno diocese of the church, a position that he kept ten years until 1999. On 16 March 1991, he was also elected to the office of patriarch for three years until 1994, therefore, holding both offices in parallel during that period. His patriarchy was during the politically and socially aggravated period of the first phase of the post-communist changes in Czechoslovakia. He was also a Member of the Czech National Council The Czech National Council () was the legislative body of the Czech Republic from 1968, when it was created as a member state of Czechoslovakia, until 1992, when it was legally transformed into the Chamber of Deputies according to the Constitut ... from 1986 to 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stepanek, Miroslav 1930 births 2013 d ...
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Vrútky
Vrútky (; (rare); ) is a town in northern Slovakia, close to the city of Martin, Slovakia, Martin. It lies in the historic Turiec region. Geography The town lies at the confluence of Váh and the Turiec River (Váh), Turiec, in the Turčianska kotlina, near the Malá Fatra mountain range. It is located north of the city of Martin, with which it shares a public transport system, and from Žilina. Etymology The name is derived from a plural form of Proto-Slavic ''*vьrǫ tъkъ > vrútok'' meaning "a hot spring". History The town was first mentioned in 1255 as ''villa Vrutk''. However, a settlement had previously existed, and had the old Slavic name ''vrutok''.http://www.vrutky.sk/drupal-5.2/?q=node/15 (Slovak) By the end of the 13th century, the settlement had been divided into Dolné Vrútky and Horné Vrútky. By 1332, the settlement gained independence and in 1809, the town had almost 300 inhabitants. The construction of the Košice-Bohumín Railway in 1870 and the Salgóta ...
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland became part of Nazi Germany, while the country lost further territories to First Vienna Award, Hungary and Trans-Olza, Poland (the territories of southern Slovakia with a predominantly Hungarian population to Hungary and Zaolzie with a predominantly Polish population to Poland). Between 1939 and 1945, the state ceased to exist, as Slovak state, Slovakia proclaimed its independence and Carpathian Ruthenia became part of Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary, while the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed in the remainder of the Czech Lands. In 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, former Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš formed Czechoslovak government-in-exile, a government-in-exile and sought recognition from the ...
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Šlapanice
Šlapanice () is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Šlapanice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Šlapanice (7,460) *Bedřichovice (339) Geography Šlapanice is located about east of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The Říčka stream flows through the town. History The first written mention of Šlapanice is from 1235. Demographics Economy The largest employer based in the town's territory is CCI Czech Republic, a branch of IMI plc. It produces valves for the oil, petrochemical and energy industries. Transport The D1 motorway (Czech Republic), D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava runs around the town. Šlapanice is located on the railway line Brno–Uherské Hradiště. Sights The main landmark of Šlapanice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was originally a medieval Gothic church, rebui ...
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ...
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Czechoslovak Hussite Church
The Czechoslovak Hussite Church (, ''CČSH'' or ''CČH''; ) is a Christian church that separated from the Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. Both the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and Moravian Church trace their tradition back to the Hussite reformers and acknowledge Jan Hus (John Huss) as their predecessor. It was well-supported by Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who himself belonged to the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. The Czechoslovak Hussite Church describes itself as neo-Hussite. History Both the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and Moravian Church trace their tradition back to the Hussite reformers and acknowledge Jan Hus (John Huss) as their predecessor. The forerunner of the CČSH was the Jednota (Union of the Catholic Clergy), which was founded in 1890 to promote modernist reforms in the Roman Catholic Church, such as use of the vernacular in the liturgy and the adoption of voluntary rather than compulsory cler ...
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Czech National Council
The Czech National Council () was the legislative body of the Czech Republic from 1968, when it was created as a member state of Czechoslovakia, until 1992, when it was legally transformed into the Chamber of Deputies according to the Constitution (Act. No. 1/1993 Coll.) after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Chairmen of the Czech National Council # Čestmír Císař 1968–1969 # Evžen Erban 1969–1981 # Josef Kempný 1981–1989 #Jaroslav Šafařík Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. Its feminine form is Jaroslava. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that origi ... 1989–1990 # Dagmar Burešová 1990–1992 # Milan Uhde 1992–1992 See also * Slovak National Council * Federal Assembly (Czechoslovakia) 1968 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1992 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia Defunct unicameral legisl ...
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Miroslav Novák
Miroslav Novák (26 October 1907, Kyjov, Czechoslovakia – 5 May 2000, Rouen, France was a Czech theologian of the Old Testament, a spiritual bishop and between 1961 and 1990, the patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. Miroslav Novák (Doctor of Theology and Doctor of Philosophy – PhD) was the Bishop of the Prague Diocese of the church from 1946 to 1961 when he was elected patriarch becoming the fourth patriarch of the church since its establishment in 1920. In 1990 he set down when he was 83 years old and Vratislav Štěpánek was elected as patriarch. Patriarch Miroslav Novák spent his last years in Prague and in Rouen, France, where he died on 5 May 2000 at the age of 93. {{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Miroslav 1907 births 2000 deaths People from Kyjov People from the Margraviate of Moravia Czechoslovak Hussite Church bishops 20th-century archbishops ...
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Josef Špak
Josef Špak (10 July 1929 – 12 September 2016) was a Czech clergyman, and from 1994 to 2001, the sixth bishop-patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. He was born in Litomyšl and baptised into the Catholic Church; he later studied theology at the Hus Czechoslovak Evangelical Theological Faculty. While studying there, he met his future wife Tonička, and they married in 1953. The StB State Security (, ), or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it dealt with any activity that was considered oppositio ... kept a file on him from 1974 to 1989 and for a time he was unable to carry out his pastoral work. He served in the parish of České Budějovice while also working in a foundry. After Tonička’s death in 1989, he married Hussite pastor Jana Švábenská. He was elected on 27 August 1994 as patriarch, a position he kept until 2001 to ...
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1930 Births
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2013 Deaths
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People From Vrútky
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ...
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Czechoslovak Hussite Church Bishops
Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) **Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) *''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czech and Slovak ethnicities: **As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism **The title of Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 *The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum **The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 **Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also * Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) * Slovak (other) * Czech (other) Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country ...
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