Writing capital letters in the names of holidays and periods of the liturgical year creates problems for many writers, because the codification concerning this matter is relatively insufficient. This fact causes volatility of usage not only in Czech Orthodox texts, but in Czech religious texts in general. This article summarizes the opinions on this topic in the literature and offers some suggestions.
Though the political changes at the end of the 20th century have enabled the publishing of religious literature, the usage of capital letters in religious contexts has remained an open topic in Czech linguistics. Unfortunately, there is insufficient codification concerning this matter, even though there is a relatively stable need for it. This contribution is focused on the usage of capital letters in Jewish festivals and holidays against the background of general principles of usage of capital letters in Czech, and is based on existing handbooks and dictionaries as well as corpora.
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