Coronation of Our Lady of St. Mary of the Hills this year at the end of June

Svatá Hora will celebrate this year the 293rd anniversary of the crowning of the statue of Our Lady of Svatohora. It was first held on 22 June 1732 on the occasion of the placing of gold crowns on the heads of the Madonna of St. Mary and her Son. The date of the feast is set by papal decree for the third Sunday after Palm Sunday, and is therefore moved each year with the date of Easter.

On Saturday, 28 June, visitors can take part in scenic horse-drawn carriage rides through the grounds from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 13.00 to 17.00. At 3 p.m., there will be an opening of the holy pictures, and an hour later, an experiential tour for children called A Walk Behind the Knight will begin. At 4.45 p.m., a lecture by Věra Smolová, entitled The Coronation for the Third Time and a Little Differently, will take place in the cellar. At 17.00 the Holy Mass will begin. From 18.00 to 19.00 there will be a concert in the Basilica, followed by the prayer of the Holy Rosary at the Coronation Altar at 19.00. At 7.30 p.m. the Mass of the Vigil will be celebrated. After it is over, there will be a procession of lights.

Source.

The Sunday programme on 29 June will begin at 7.30 a.m. with Mass in the Basilica. At 8.30 a.m. a prayer of the Holy Rosary is scheduled at the Coronation Altar. At 9.00 a.m. there will be a solemn Holy Mass celebrated by Redemptorist David Horáček. The procession with the statue of grace will follow. At 11.00 a silent Mass will be celebrated in the basilica. At the same time, at 11.00, a puppet show about the princess from the picture of the Basta-fidli theatre will take place.

Source.

Horse-drawn carriage rides will continue from 9.00 to 12.00 and then from 13.00 to 14.00. At 1 p.m., a Marian devotion will take place at the Coronation Altar with the solemn blessing and veneration of the love statue. At 2 p.m., the Sunday organ half-hour will be heard in the Basilica. Mass is celebrated at 3.30 pm, followed by sung Czech Vespers. Throughout the day there will be a one crown admission fee to the St. Mary's Museum.