Unique sculpture of the Calvary at the Church of St. Ondrej is unparalleled in the wider area and with its technical and aesthetic perfection it therefore fully deserves to be proud of the title of National Cultural Monument. With the year engraved on it, ie 1772, it dates back to the period of the High, Hungarian Baroque. Sacral buildings are especially elaborated in this period, because the Baroque, after the Renaissance focused mainly on man and his beauty, was created to celebrate God with his magnificence. In addition to these most virtuous and spiritual goals, the Hungarian Baroque also had one practical purpose. After years of religious wars with the Hungarian Evangelicals and the anti-Habsburg nobility, the Catholic Church wanted to incline the ordinary population with majestic buildings and monuments, which the nobility's efforts abounded, not only financially. our calvary is no exception. The scene itself depicts the martyred Christ on the cross, under which the mourning Mary Magdalene kneels, on the left stands his mother, the Virgin Mary. The scene is complemented by John the Evangelist, who stands on the right. All figures are placed on a richly decorated baroque pedestal. It contains not only a Latin text, the year and a frieze with a scene of Jesus buried in the tomb, but also architecturally very interesting Baroque ornaments. Although the whole pedestal may seem very diverse, the ornaments are strictly symmetrical. Axial symmetry reveals to us that the architect is already seeping into the entire Baroque composition with elements of classicism, which has been gradually appearing in Hungary since the middle of the 18th century. If you visit the village of Voderady, you should definitely not miss this sculpture.
Source:
publikácia Voderady kniha o obci (22.7.2021)
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