Antolik or Jánoska cross

In the northern part of the village, on the right side of the main road leading to Csáb, in front of house number 5, stands the Antolik or Jánoska cross. “Mátyás Jánoska had it erected sometime when there were still threshing floors here. The cross was on the other side of the plot, and was later placed here in the small garden. Ever since the Antoliks bought the plot, they have kept the cross very tidy. In the old Slovakia, when we became Slovaks, the letters had to be knocked out so that the inscription could not be read: Mátyás Jánoska had it erected for the glory of God. Then they called a stonemason from Bátorval to restore it. The Hungarian letters were knocked out by the gypsy Dezső Kovács, but God struck him too, because he went blind” – my informants said. (widow Mária Baksa Pálné Juhász, 1945, Józsefné Antolik, 1944) ; ; The cross stands on a two-stepped, light blue painted stone base. The column that tapers upwards now bears the dedication: “God / for his glory / 1891”. The numbers of the date are divided into two by a heart shape. The ornate column capital is closed by a cube base, on which the cast iron cross stands. At the base of the cross shaft, a chapel-like structure decorated with geometric shapes and floral patterns can be seen. The shaft of the cross is also decorated with floral patterns and geometric shapes, as are the ends of the shafts. The body of the crucifix with the inscription INRI is also cast iron, with the face of Christ turned towards the sky, with a stream of light around the head.