Photo: Roman Vondrouš, ČTK
The official funeral mass for Karel Schwarzenberg took place with state honours in St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle on Saturday afternoon. The roughly two-hour ceremony, which began at noon, was attended by hundreds of guests from the worlds of politics, culture, and the nobility.
Mr. Schwarzenberg’s funeral mass was officiated by Prague Archbishop Jan Graubner, with a sermon delivered by Catholic priest and theologian Tomáš Halík. Czech President Petr Pavel gave a short eulogy, in which he said that Czechia had lost a great figure of modern history and that he would be sorely missed.
“He loved his homeland and of all the paths he could have taken, he chose the path of service to the Czech Republic. Even when he couldn’t live here, he supported this country,” the president said, referring to the more than four decades during Communist rule that Schwarzenberg lived in exile with his family in Austria.
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Author: Anna Fodor, Source:ČTK