Kraskovo, Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession

The fortified early Gothic church in Kraskovo (now Evangelical) dates from the first half of the 14th century and was built on the site of an earlier structure. In the 15th century it was fortified with a wall, a wooden belfry was built in 1657. The single-nave space has a painted coffered ceiling from 1758, the presbytery is vaulted with a cross-rib vault.

The wall paintings date from the 1360s and 1370s, and some of the frescoes were painted by the Master of the Ochtiná presbytery, who painted the church in Ochtiná and in Koceľovce.

There are other valuable furnishings in the church: a medieval stone baptismal font (13th century), a Renaissance altar and pulpit from 1668, a Baroque patronal pew (from 1731).

Draw your attention to these wall paintings

The Ladislaus Legend and the Adoration of the Three Kings

On the north wall of the nave of the church (in the upper band) there is a dominant fresco depicting the complete Legend of Ladislaus. In the scene, a Cuman warrior kidnaps a Hungarian girl named Ladiva from the city of Varadin. Ladislaus sets out in pursuit of the Cuman in order to rescue the girl. Since Ladislaus cannot catch the Cuman, he shouts at the girl to pull the Cuman to the ground. That is when the fight between Ladislaus and Cuman begins. Metaphorically, it is a battle between Christian good and pagan evil. Ladiva cuts Cuman's tendon and then kills him with the sword. The bloody scene is interspersed with an idyllic image as St Ladislaus rests his head in the maiden's lap.

The fresco (also on the north wall) of the Adoration of the Three Kings, specifically the depiction of camels as horses with strange conical humps, is an interesting display (the author apparently never saw real camels).

St. Michael the Archangel weighing souls

On the right side of the triumphal arch is a wall painting of the Last Judgement. It depicts the figure of St. Michael the Archangel weighing souls. On one side of the scales we see figures of demons with heavy mill wheels, but these are outweighed by a human figure with ordinary bread.

The Bosom of Abraham

The interesting scene of the Bosom of Abraham is located in the vault of the presbytery of the church. It depicts Abraham holding in a napkin the souls of the blessed who are awaiting the Last Judgment in the pre-paradise.