Acta Musealia

The Stations of the Cross in Maleniska - a reminder of the suffering of Jesus Christ and human pain

Abstract: The article deals with the circumstances of the creation of the stone Stations of the Cross built in 1917 at the Baroque Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Maleniska near Provodovo. In the introduction, the author tries to briefly outline the issue of establishing the Stations of the Cross and the criteria necessary for their proper construction. He then focuses specifically on the intention of P. Václav Strmiska to build an exterior stone Stations of the Cross at Maleniska. This intention is then traced through the lens of the surviving correspondence with the superior church authority and the contractor of the work. Another remarkable circumstance is the fact that, based on the intentions of the donors of the individual stops, the cross path in question can legitimately be perceived as one of the oldest Moravian memorials to the fallen of the First World War.

Keywords: Keywords: Provodov, Maleniska, Stations of the Cross, acquisition of the Stations of the Cross, consecration of the Stations of the Cross, Václav Strmiska, Franciscans, memorial to the victims of World War I, Semerák