Cemetery cross on Vágan

In accordance with medieval customs, there was a walled cemetery around the church. In 1714, this was the only burial place. In 1761, there was already a cemetery outside the village, which was necessary because the burials around the church were constantly damaging the church. Thus, the old cemetery in Vága ceased to be used even before the central state measures. ; ; The current cemetery in Vága is not the first. According to tradition, the cemetery was located in a marshy place near the Heroes' Statue, on the site of today's Vedrőd. In addition to the medieval cemetery around the church, according to oral tradition, there was also a Turkish cemetery. After the Kuruc Wars, the graves were placed on a prominent sand hill outside the village, surrounded by a ditch and surrounded by a living dam (lycium). The ditch was three meters deep and ten meters wide. The ditch, which was called a "pond", and the lycium still existed in 1970. An old wire mesh was stretched between the lyceum, and its gate was made of wood. In the middle of the original cemetery stood a large stone cross. Priests, teachers, and well-off people were buried next to it, and better-off families near the entrance gate. A grave mound with a wooden cross stood above the graves. After a century, the cemetery became narrow, so it was expanded. Since the cemetery was on a high sandy hill, no water stood in the graves during burials, nor did groundwater rise. The depth of the cemetery ditch served to absorb water from the cemetery area, and the cemetery always remained dry. After the regulation of the Váh River, especially the improvement of the border, and the construction of underground pipes, this ditch did indeed become dry, and the youth used it as a football field for training. ; On All Souls' Day (November 2), according to the Váh tradition, the reading society gathers at the cemetery's large cross at three in the afternoon. They pray the rosary, recite the litany of all saints, pray and sing for the redemption of the souls in purgatory. After finishing the common prayer, they disperse, each to his own grave. However, most candles and tealights burn on this day at the cemetery's large cross, because it belongs to all living and all dead. ; ; In the 18th century, there was a service in the village on every third Sunday and holiday, and in the first half of the 19th century, on every Sunday and holiday, and on every Wednesday. In the 18th century, there were two wooden crosses in Vága, one in the cemetery and the other near the church. The image of the patron saint of shepherds, Saint Wendel, painted on an iron plate, stood on the pasture outside the village. Another wooden cross could be seen along the road leading to Vágszerdahely (today's Alsószerdahely).