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Tonsure In The Orthodox Church

Author(s): Bojan Miljković
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU
Keywords: Tonsure; wreath; clergy; portrait; archpriests

Summary/Abstract: There were two ways of the clerical tonsure in the Orthodox Church during the middle Ages. The cutting of four locks of hair in the shape of cross and circular tonsure. The wreath of hair around the shaved top of the head symbolized Christ’s crown of thorns. The archpriests of the Serbian Orthodox Church were practicing circular tonsure, from its founder Sava until the middle of the 17th century.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 50/2
  • Page Range: 987-1002
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian