USAGE OF ICONS, CANDLES AND ROSARY BEADS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Narratives of Church Believers of Serbian Orthodox Church Cover Image

УПОТРЕБА ИКОНА, СВЕЋА И БРОЈАНИЦА У СВАКОДНЕВНОМ ЖИВОТУ: Наративи црквених верника Српске православне цркве
USAGE OF ICONS, CANDLES AND ROSARY BEADS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Narratives of Church Believers of Serbian Orthodox Church

Author(s): Milesa Stefanović-Banović
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: icons; candles; rosary beads; church believers; Serbian Orthodox Church; practices; narratives;

Summary/Abstract: Icons, candles and rosary beads are among the items most commonly used in everyday religious practices of Serbian Orthodox Church believers. This paper investigates the place and importance of these items in individual lives of church believers. The research is based on interviews with individual members of church communities of SOC, conducted as a part of the Church-religious practices of Orthodox believers in Serbia: anthropological research project, in the period of 2021 to 2023.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 188
  • Page Range: 607-626
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian