Пренасяне на светите мощи: същност и елементи на ритуала
Transfer of the Holy Relics: Essence and Elements of the Ritual

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the transfer of saints’ relics as part of the comprehensive cult of relics in Christian religion, explicated in a complex of ritual acts, verbal and musical formulae and records as texts, as well as by means of material objects and pictorial images. The ritual itself is constituted as a separate one in the cult practice and in the religious feasts calendar. Its elements have been defined ever since the dawn of Christianity, developing over the ages in order to retain their significance today. The procession procedure is accentuated as well as the symbolism and function of the distinct phases of the ritual. Examples visually illustrating visually this religious event are given, serving as a model and typological frame of the iconographic scheme of the scene.

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