At the present time only the smallest bell, originally used for death announcements is in use and working.
All bells have names.
The original St. John bell was cast in 1486 by master John Wagner in Spisska Nova Ves, cracked in 1984 and is out of commission since 1990 after several tries to fix the crack failed. The cost of the bell was over 2 million Slovak crowns. 100,000.00 was donated personally by the President of the Slovak Republic Ing. Michal Kovac and the rest was collected from the people of Bardejov. The largest bell of the Cathedral of St. Egidius is named St. Urban and it was cast in September 1574, in Polish town Tarnov, by their master Jonh and his son, also John.