Czech Republic Religions

Religion in the Czech Republic

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The Czech Republic is one of the least religious countries in Europe, with more non-religious people than religious. Of the roughly 22% of people in the 2021 census that identified as religious, the most common church is the Roman Catholic church[1], which used to be significantly more popular due to the “Eastern Church (Greek) mission” as well as being part of the Habsburg Empire where it was the only acceptable religion[2].

The Moravian Church is a very old Protestant denomination, presumably started somewhere in Moravia. While the church does not appear in the Czech census data from 2021[1], it has had a wide reach/influence across the world[3] but is still a relatively small denomination when compared to others.

The Czech Republic's governement does not provide much in the way of re-entry care for people getting out of prison. Instead, many faith-based organizations (mostly Christian ones) have taken the role of providing re-entry care, providing things like housing or substance misuse treatment, although many of these organizations aren't explicitly religious organizations[4].

References:
[1] Czech Statistical Office, “Statistics VDB.” Accessed: July 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=statistiky

[2] J. Cole, Ed., Ethnic groups of Europe: an encyclopedia. in Ethnic groups of the world. Santa Barbara, Calf: ABC-CLIO, 2011.

[3] J. R. Weinlick, “The Moravian Diaspora,” Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society, vol. 17, no. 1, p. I-217, 1959, Accessed: July 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41179352

[4]A. Beláňová, T. Trejbalová, and K. Wetherell, “Veiling Religion: The Public Face of Czech Re-Entry Faith-Based Organizations,” International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, vol. 68, no. 10-11, pp. 1145-1160, 2024, doi: 10.1177/0306624X221113529.