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Blessing of the bells, 28 October 1928

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Name:: Blessing of the bells, 28 October 1928
Description:: The blessing ceremony for the new bells in Tábor will take place on Sunday, the 28th day of October 1928, on the tenth anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Czechoslovak Republic. The bells will not be raised to the tower until the following day. They will be rung for the first time on Thursday evening, on the Feast of All Saints, during a service for the dead, especially for fallen soldiers. This service begins with a sermon at half past five in the evening.
After the wartime requisitions, four bells remained in the tower of the deanery church, two large and two small. The largest bell, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is called Václav (from 1633, image of the Virgin Mary, recast from an old cracked bell according to the dedicatory inscription in České Budějovice by the bell-founder Arnold). The second bell is St Michael (cross and town coat of arms, from 1677, recast in 1725). The third bell is St Donát, now cracked (from 1543). The fourth bell is St Francis, now the death bell (from 1532). The noon bell called St Dominic (from 1534, recast in 1861) was requisitioned during the war.
Two new bells were acquired this year (meaning 1929). The larger one in honour of St Wenceslas (the dates 929–1929; to celebrate the thousandth anniversary of the martyrdom of St Wenceslas, the Tábor Catholic parish had it cast under Dean František Fridrich in 1928). In memory of the tenth anniversary of the free Czechoslovak Republic, in honour of St Ludmila.
The bells were cast and the new fittings supplied by the bell-founder Perner of České Budějovice.

The bells rang for the last time ... and then on 15 April 1942 the Václav bell (12 q) was lowered, and on 16 April 1942 Ludmila (5 q), so that they could be handed over for war purposes.
Dean Fr. Fridrich wrote in the book of remembrance: "I parted from them with great pain, recalling the difficult and laborious acquisition in 1928."

We thank Marie Voštová for providing this information.
Automatic description:: A procession of clergy in white robes moves between spectators carrying several large embroidered banners, followed by a long line of participants.
Year:: 1928
Author:: Šechtl & Voseček archive
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Keywords:: Tábor, festival, bell, církev, Žižkovo náměstí
Automatic keywords:: církevní průvod, duchovní, vyšívané prapory, dav podél ulice, dlouhý průvod
Material:: negative13x18
Categories:: Festival with bells 1928-10-28
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Location:: krabice 118

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