RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PILGRIMAGE
/РЕЛІГІЄЗНАВЧО-АНТРОПОЛОГІЧНЕ РОЗУМІННЯ ПАЛОМНИЦТВА/

Yana POPOVICH

lecturer on Humanity and Law Department, Zaporozhye National Technical University, st. B. Centralny 3/7, 69005, Zaporizhia, Ukraine, jana-jaros@rambler.ru, 0038-063-2815686

Abstract

Religious and anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of pilgrimage in the Catholic Church is made. Reveals the etymological level of concept pilgrimage, which affects to the conceptual level of human perception. Article deals the historical and evolutionary aspects of pilgrimage practices in the Middle Ages, the tradition of visiting the places of the earthly life of Jesus Christ and the tombs of the Apostles. The deep inclusion of the tradition of pilgrimage in the organic needs of human existence is analyzed. The examples of general ideas of European folklore and pilgrimages in the Western cultural world is highlights. The relation of natural landscapes, architectural and artistic ensemble of pilgrimage is investigated.

Keywords

Pilgrimage, pilgrim, Catholic Church, tradition, cult, sanctuary

(Language: ukrainian)

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