scholarly journals Reviewing the sacred object. Vassiliy Barskiy as the first Russian researcher of the Christian East

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia N. Buzykina
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Places ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
Sacred Object ◽  
Russian Researcher

The article deals with the origins of the Russian Christian Archaeology namely with pilgrim notes of Vassiliy Barskiy. The author is reviewing Barskiy’s text as one of the first scientific descriptions of the sacred places, wonder-­working icons and holy places. His descriptions of sacred objects are structured, they include illustrations, information from written and verbal sources as well as critics of these sources. He makes conclusions about relevance of information and relics themselves. Based on this, the author believes Vassiliy Barskiy schould be recognized not only one of the sources of Russian scientific tradition, but the first Christian archaeologist.

The Churches of Palestine and their Influence on Early Christian Architecture

Antiquity ◽  
1938 ◽  
Vol 12 (46) ◽  
pp. 172-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfons Maria Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Holy Land ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Special Part ◽  
Holy Places

The churches of the Holy Land play a very special part in the lengthy controversies as to the origin and formation of the Christian basilica, since particular significance is attributed to them as constituting a norm from which the basilica type developed. For example, Wulff remarks :l ' If any region anywhere played a leading part in the development of the early Christian basilica, it is Palestine, including the whole coast of Syria to Philistia, where, under Constantine the Great, building was already developed with the express purpose of fostering the cult in the holy places '. This view, illuminating in and for itself, is today generally accepted ; it cannot, however, be maintained against the result of recent excavations. In this article chief emphasis is laid on the churches of Constantine, which are of especial importance not only because of their age, but in particular because they stand on the most sacred places of Christendom.

New Sacred Places in Contemporary Poland: Ethnographic Case Study of Two Miracles in Sokółka and Legnica

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 55-79
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kalniuk
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
Religious Worldviews

Abstract Events that happened in Poland in 2008 and 2013 related to the alleged miracles in Sokółka (in the Podlasie region) and Legnica (in the Silesia region) seriously affected the native ‘sacrosphere.’ Sensational information about the unusual events polarized public opinion by confronting secular and religious worldviews. At the same time, the increase in the devotion of the faithful was accompanied by folklore-forming mechanisms, adding new threads to the ‘miraculous story.’ Ethnographic research performed in the newly founded sanctuaries reveals elements of sensuality specific to folk religiosity. Miracles displaying the motif of blood build the reputation of Sokółka and Legnica as new holy places, attracting pilgrims and tourists from Poland and abroad. Contrary to pessimistic predictions of widespread secularization, there was a revival of the so-called ‘traditional piety.’ Folk religiosity revealed its vitality.

KALINOVSKY CROSS. A RESONANT MIRACLE OF 1923 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FOLKLORE NARRATIVES

2021 ◽  
pp. 120-140
Author(s):  
Olga V. Belova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
General Level ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
Folk Stories ◽  
Ritual Practices

The publication considers the main motifs of evidences about the so-called Kalinovka miracle that took place in the summer of 1923 in Ukraine (Podolia province). Analyzing folk stories about the “Kalinovka miracle” that are contemporary to the event, one can show how the evidences of miracles that occurred around the Kalinovsky cross correlate with the traditional plot schemes of folk legends about sacred objects and with ritual practices that arise and develop around venerated holy places. As it is shown in the legends, memorates, and folklore texts of other genres that were popular in 1923, the fact of the “Kalinovka miracle” became significant for society in the context of other phenomena, including rumors generated by the renewal of sacred objects or the general level of religious sentiment in that period of time. The influence of subjects related to the “Kalinovka miracle” not only on the folklore tradition of Podolia and Volyn’, but also on the traditions of other regions of Ukraine and Russia, is confirmed by the fixation of numerous versions of folklore texts that reflect this fact of religious life.

Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions

2002 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 321
Author(s):  
Christopher Vecsey ◽  
Andrew Gulliford
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Places ◽  
Sacred Objects

Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Tradition

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 520
Author(s):  
Alexa Roberts ◽  
Andrew Gulliford
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Places ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
Tribal Tradition

scholarly journals Custodians of Holy Places in Central Asia and Russian State (1865-1917)

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-792
Author(s):  
Vladimir P. Litvinov
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
The Government ◽  
Revolutionary Period ◽  
Holy Place

The article discusses the institution of custody of holy places in Central Asia in the pre-revolutionary period (1865-1917). It is indicated that despite the fact that this institution was not legitimatized in Muslim Law (Sharia), nevertheless, custody was quite widespread in the region. It is stated that the sheikhs-custodians were surrounded with mystical worship of the faithful who attributed to them supernatural abilities in the fulfillment of a variety of desires and healing of various diseases. The custody of holy places has always and everywhere been associated with the acquisition of income from pilgrimage. In Central Asia around a holy place, as a rule, a waqf complex was also formed, which made additional significant income to the sheikhs-custodians of holy places. The hereditary order of custody succession, with significant ownership holy places had, often was the cause of conflicts among relatives who had rights to sacred objects. After Russia came to Central Asia, this problem became one of the most important for the government of Turkestan. It was important for Russia to solve the property problem of holy places. In their attempts to solve it, the authorities of Russian Turkestan could not build a clear and understandable system of relations with custodians of holy places. Even after half a century of presence in the region, the authorities had little idea of the number of holy places and real income of their sheikhs-custodians. The author concludes that the reason for such an ineffective activity of Russian authorities in the region in solving problems of holy places was the fear of destroying the order that took shape over the centuries. It, in their opinion, could lead to an increase in anti-Russian feelings in the region.

The Materials of Rituals

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-104
Author(s):  
Nurit Stadler
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
Female Saints

Materials and objects representing female saints and images are scattered all around the shrines the author visited. This chapter concentrates on these sacred objects and analyzes the structure and architecture of sacred places. What do these objects symbolize or represent? Why are they placed in specific places? And how do they produce particular effects or permit certain behaviors, cultural practices, and religious rituals? The author follows recent studies that center upon various items and their properties and materials, and that look at how these material facets give rise to human sensations, a consideration that is central to an understanding of culture and social relations in sacred places. In this view, sacred tombs and shrines pose an opportunity to explore the intertwined and dialectical relationships between people and things, pilgrimages, and sacred objects as they are arranged and experienced in the place of devotion.

scholarly journals Contestation of ‘the holy places in the Zimbabwean Religious Landscape’: A study of the Johane Masowe Chishanu yeNyenyedzi Church’s sacred places

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Musoni
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Contemporary Issue ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
Midlands Province ◽  
Religious Landscape

Places that are regarded as holy are highly esteemed in most religious institutions. Such places are revered because they denote the converging points of human beings and the divine. The fundamental questions addressed in this study are: what makes a place holy? Do Christians share sacred places with other religious groups? The study theorises that the Johane Masowe Chishanu yeNyenyedzi Church has forcefully appropriated most of the African indigenous scared places such as hills, shades and dams for all-night prayers and water baptisms. The researcher has selected two indigenous religious shrines; Chivavarira hill and Gonawapotera pool of Chirumhanzu located in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. The two shrines are regarded by the indigenes as renowned and sacred. This study analyses and thereto seeks to decode deeper on what makes the Johane Masowe Chishanu yeNyenyedzi Church to enthusiastically appropriate most of the African indigenous shrines and, to some extent, turn them to be their shrines. It is this insight which makes the two shrines to be contested places, especially as perceived from both the indigenes and Christian perspectives. Therefore, this study is a contemporary issue that constitutes the focus of the present concerns. Accordingly, in order to archive the intended goal, this research study relies heavily on participant observation and interviews for data collection, since there is hardly documentation readily available about the Masowe yeNyenyedzi Church in Zimbabwe.

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