RESSURECTION OF THE CHRIST (a few words about the feast and its iconography)
/VZKRIESENIE CHRISTA (niekoľko slov o sviatku a jeho ikonografii)/

Jan HUSAR

docent, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, jan.husar@unipo.sk, 00421517724729

Abstract

The article refers to the most important of all Christian feasts - the Resurrection of Christ with a special emphasis on iconography. It describes the historical development of the depiction of the feast and it also discusses the details of the icon of the Resurrection. A correct understanding of the iconography of the Christian feasts is a necessary component of the basic education of all believers, which relates to theological and soteriological issues.

Keywords

Resurrection, Jesus Christ, iconography, symbolism, Gospel

SUMMARY

The correct understanding of feasts, their liturgical texts and iconography is a very important feature of basic catechetical work. When one understands the historical context and iconography and its symbolism, one is much more prepared to accept the important theological import of all Gospel events. Undoubtedly, the resurrection is the most important of Christian feasts in the liturgical year, because among other things it confirms our membership in the Kingdom of God promised to us, and to which Jesus Christ is the key. Without the Resurrection our faith would be empty, our acts without meaning. The whole meaning of the feast is summarised in the liturgical text, which states: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death, and in those in tombs bestowing life!

(Language: slovak)

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