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Happy Jan Hus Day

Hi all,

Oh, the joy of living in the Czech Republic: another public holiday. Today is Jan Hus (John Huss) Day. He was burned at the stake for heresy on July 6, 1415. Today is celebrated as one of the most famous Czechs. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

Jan Hus (alternative spellings John Hus, Jan Huss, John Huss) (c. 1372 Husinec, Bohemia – 6 July 1415 Konstanz) was a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague. He is famous for being burned at the stake for what the Roman Catholic Church viewed as his heretical views on ecclesiology. Hus was a key contributor to the Protestant movement whose teachings had a strong influence on the states of Europe, most immediately in the approval for the existence of a reformist Bohemian Church, and, more than a century later, on Martin Luther himself.

Impressive, eh?

This holiday follows another holiday on July 5: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day. What this means is that normally we would have two days off, but since yesterday was a Sunday.... Oh well. It could have been worse. The holidays could have fallen on Saturday and Sunday.

Cheers! And happy Jan Hus Day!

--James

Posted at 11:03AM Jul 06, 2009 by branajam in Personal  |  Comments[1]