The Tradition of memory in Orthodoxy

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Sviatoslavskii, A.V

Traditsiia Pamiati v Pravoslavii

[ The Tradition of memory in Orthodoxy]

Moscow: Drevlekhranilishche, 2004
224 p Images

pbk. 12.5 x 20 cm
ISBN: 593646069x
Language: Russian

Historical communication, or the culture of memory, plays a special role in any religion and especially in Russian Orthodoxy. The past is always present in everyday liturgical practice and life. This monograph interprets the role of memory in the Orthodox religion and deals with the main forms and traditions of memorizing the past such as: construction of special altars and chapels, memorable crosses, cemeteries, epigraphs on headstones, museums, burial-vaults and memorials, etc. Bibliography.

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» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » History of Religion

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