BAPTISM CROSS

The sacral cross was set up in 1824 at the site of the altar of the Orthodox church that was destroyed that year, and in the immediate vicinity, that same year the new church was consecrated. The wooden cross is placed on a concrete bed with a tin plate at the joint of the arms. The stage of the Wailing is presented on the panel, and on the postament is a record of the restoration of the cross from 1990:
“IN 1990, we put this cross in the place of OLTAR OLD CHURCH OF CHILDREN, and in the year 300. FROM A LARGE GIRL OF THE SENSE UNDER THE PATRIARIAN ARSENIAN III CHARNOJEVIC 1690th YEAR ”
Behind the cross there is a damaged tombstone of pink marble with the inscribed name of Petar Vladimirovic, who lived 61 years and died on October 13, 1784. The folk tradition portrays him as a duke and a high figure who brought the Serbs to these parts, but given the year of death, this can not be true. The fact is that the Serbs in this region have settled after the battle in Kosovo, and especially in 1439, when the despot Đurađ Branković got from the King Žigmund Potisje into possession. In 1481 a large number of Serbs were colonized, who settled in the counties along the river: Tisa, Tamisa and Morisa, and this colonization was unfortunately continuing, until recent times. The place where the tombstone is located indicates that this is certainly a respected person.
The place of the cross in the people is known as the “church” enclosed by an iron fence. At Spasovdan, a lithium was lit by the streets around the church, and at the church near the cross, wheat wreaths were being worn at home. The lithium was about 11 hours after the service in the church.In the last few years, since the renewal of the cross on the 10th of May, on the day of the burning of the feast of St. Sava na Vračaru “was held at the church summer church glory.
The sacral cross with its archaic form represents one of the rarely preserved monuments of this type, which show the continuity of the Orthodox community in this area during the 18th and 19th centuries.