Kraków is a city visited by many foreign tourists and inhabited by many immigrants, a significant portion of whom speak English. Many people therefore wonder where English-language masses are held in Kraków. Where to go for an English mass in Kraków? Where are Latin masses? Where are masses in foreign languages in Kraków? We check when English-language masses are held in Kraków, Poland.
When it comes to English-language masses in Kraków, contrary to appearances, there are very few places that offer such masses. English-language masses in Kraków are held in only a few churches. Moreover, Poland is a traditionally Catholic country, not Protestant or Anglican. If you are members of other churches, you will have to settle for a Roman Catholic mass.
English language Mass in Krakow
The first church in Kraków where an English-language mass is held is St. Giles’ Church, located at the foot of Wawel Hill at 67 Grodzka Street. Here, the English-language mass is held at 10:30 every Sunday.
The second place with English-language masses in Kraków is the Sanctuary in Łagiewniki. In the chapel of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus and the tomb of St. Faustina, the English-language mass is held on Sundays and holidays at 12:00.
The third church where English-language masses are held in Kraków is the Church of Our Lady of the Snows at 21 Mikołajska Street, near the city center. Here, the English-language mass is held at 10:30 on Sundays and holidays.
An English-language mass is also held at the Dominican Fathers’ Monastery in the center of Kraków at 12 Stolarska Street on Sundays and holidays at 10:30 am.
Masses in Foreign Languages in Krakow
In Kraków, there are few masses in English and few masses in other foreign languages. Latin masses are available at Wawel Cathedral on Sundays and holidays at 8:30 near the relics of St. Stanislaus, at the Holy Cross Church at 10:30 and 19:15, and at the Rectorate of the Church of the Resurrection at 12:00, as well as on Sundays, holidays, and weekdays at 10:00 at St. Mary’s Church. At the Holy Cross Church at 10:30 on Sundays and holidays.
Where are German-language masses in Kraków? German-language masses are held on Sundays at St. Barbara’s Church at 14:30.
Where are Italian-language masses in Kraków? At the Franciscan Church opposite the Papal Window at 5 All Saints’ Square in the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows at 15:30.
Where are Spanish-language masses in Kraków? Also at the Franciscans at 14:30 in the basilica on the second Sunday of the month, except during the summer holidays in July, August, and September.
Masses in foreign languages in Kraków, despite it being one of the most frequently visited tourist cities in Poland, are extremely rare. They are held in Latin, English, Italian, Spanish, and German, but at very low frequencies.
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