Sakralny charakter domu rodzinnego w duchowo-kulturowej tradycji Ukraińców
The sacred dimension of the family house in the spiritual and cultural tradition of Ukrainians

Summary/Abstract: In the article author analyzes the ethnogenesis of the Ukrainian family since the ancient pre-christian times – the period of Trypillian culture. It concerns the way of organizing the old Ukrainian family, the models of its internal functioning, the family mythology, as well as the elements relating to the everyday life of an ancient family, particularly to the house as a space for the realization of family life. The article faces the significant positive influence of the Christian religion, which came to Rus-Ukraine in 988, just because the understanding of family as sacred institution raised it into environment, where it participants can reach the deification. So, the space where Ukrainian family uses everyday – the family home – received the features of a special sacred place. Hence the family rites (marriage, child birth or funeral ceremonies) celebrated in family home, were perceived by a society as a new occasion for spiritual growth of every Christian family.

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