Holy Cross Church, Iisalmi

Holy Cross Church (Finnish: Pyhän Ristin kirkko), also known as Iisalmi New Church (Finnish: Iisalmen uusikirkko), is a stone church in Iisalmi, Finland, which was consecrated in 1934. The church, designed by Eino Pitkänen, is a basilica with an end tower.^[1] The church, built of brick and concrete, represents a modernity based on classicism, which already resembles functionalism with its light wall surfaces.^[2] Before the association of municipalities and parishes in the North Savo region in 1970, the Holy Cross Church was the main church of the Iisalmi Town Parish.

The altarpiece is a mosaic by artist Uuno Eskola and depicts the crucified Jesus.^[3]