Pod Křížem

Pod Křížem is a non-profit association based in Praha 8, Czech Republic working on religion & faith, elderly care, health.

Pod Křížem, z. s. is a Christian non-profit association in Prague, Czech Republic. It offers a service for people who cannot attend church because of illness, age, immobility, hospital or institutional care, or distance. Clients order a single hand-made candle, and the organisation adds an optional handwritten note to the wax, lights the candle in an open church on their behalf, and sends a short video of the act. The organisation states that the candle price covers production and materials, while lighting, the note, the video and communication are free of charge, and that it does not sell prayers, blessings or spiritual outcomes. Candles are made by clients of the organisation's non-profit. Churches used include St. Anthony of Padua, St. Bartholomew and Our Lady of the Snows.