A wooden cross, recently renovated. The original cross was placed on a stone slab (a flat stone), painted green, and was known as the "Green Cross." It had a corpus painted on metal.
Location: Vysoká nad Kysucou, Jedľovník, GPS: 49.3646111N, 18.5175278E
Material: Originally a wooden cross with a galvanized metal roof over the crossbeam, with a serrated edge on both the front and back. Currently a wooden cross.
Corpus: originally painted on metal, now a sculpture.
Description: A wooden cross, recently renovated. The original cross was placed on a stone slab (a flat stone), painted green, and was known as the "Green Cross." It had a corpus painted on metal. The body of Christ was depicted in a natural color, with a white loincloth. His hair was dark brown and appeared to be blowing in the wind. The crown of thorns was highlighted in gray. Above His head was a yellow halo. The wounds on His side and at the nails were red. There was no plaque with the inscription INRI.
After renovation, the cross is now in its natural wood color and varnished, with a new, sculpted corpus. It is not exactly in the same spot but moved slightly further back, about 0.5 meters behind the original cross. A plaque with the inscription INRI is now placed above the crossbeam.
Surroundings: The cross is situated about one-third of the way down the valley, to the right of the road heading from the center to the settlement of Jedľovník, behind the stream and under a tall spruce tree. At the time of this description (March 6, 2024), the old Green Cross was lying on the ground to the left of the new cross. It no longer had a corpus.
Masses or worships (for which feast, regularly/irregularly: Private only.
Text by: Mgr. Drahomír Velička, PhD.
Photographs by: Štefan Strýček
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