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Red Cross

Red Cross

Highlight • Monument

Red Cross

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Kőszegi Tájvédelmi Körzet

Location: Vas, Hungary

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JeanPierre 🐾

September 22, 2025

Hiking

Vöröskereszt: a beautiful place to rest (just like the pilgrims of bygone times); many sights can be reached from here.

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February 26, 2026

Hiking

In view of the wayside cross standing here, painted red (since it bears the body of Christ, it is technically a crucifix), I would like to offer a meditative thought to the viewer lingering at this spot. The last words of Jesus at his crucifixion, "It is finished" (John 19:30), as recorded in the biblical writings of the Evangelist John in his version of the 'Good News' (this is the meaning of the word 'Gospel'), are commented on by the Evangelical Lutheran pastor Dr. Theo Lehmann, in a publication by the Neukirchen Calendar Publishing House, writes:

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P. Chris 🇭🇺

May 21, 2026

Mountain biking

Forest junction, and in its center the cross. The red color has symbolic meaning.

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Location: Vas, Hungary

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