New materials regarding research in the fields of architecture and urban construction are being presented. The authors also focus on the history of the creation of little-known buildings of interest, on the development of local architectural traditions, on new attributions, and introduce recently discovered archive materials. A number of papers are dedicated to the issues of architectural and urban planning development of historical towns and cities or study the formation of architectural ensembles. The edition also includes papers that are devoted to theoretical historical-architectural problems, to biographies of architects, or analyze artistic approaches and concepts.
Issue 65
I. A. Bondarenko.
Symbolism of Ritual Processions around Churches and the “Posolon”
The paper analyzes the early Russian tradition of religious processions, involving the carrying of the cross around churches in the direction of the sun’s movement, as opposed to the Byzantine rule of walking towards the heavenly body. The author also looks at other ritual processions and motions that take place in the altar area and in the naos of a Christian church. Special attention is given to the semantics of the sign of the cross. By viewing all these activities within the historical and cultural context of a prolonged time span and by comparing them with the ancient geocentric model of the Universe, we may better understand the principle foundations of architectural and spatial forms, as well as the functioning of Christian churches, and partly of religious edifices of other confessions.
Keywords
Architecture, space, movement, time, heavenly bodies, geocentric Universe, rituals, symbols, meanings, images.
Bondarenko Igor’ Andreevich,
Ph. D. in architecture, professor, CIRD of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, Scientific Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, branch of the Central Institute for Research and Design of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, director.
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