Museographic Objects, Saints, and Sacred Places: Saint Antony Pechersky, Esphigmenou Monastery (Mount Athos), and the Museum of Christian Antiquities (Athens). Cover Image

Museographic Objects, Saints, and Sacred Places: Saint Antony Pechersky, Esphigmenou Monastery (Mount Athos), and the Museum of Christian Antiquities (Athens).
Museographic Objects, Saints, and Sacred Places: Saint Antony Pechersky, Esphigmenou Monastery (Mount Athos), and the Museum of Christian Antiquities (Athens).

Author(s): Katerina Seraïdari
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, History of Church(es), Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Review, Bibliography, General Reference Works, Geography, Regional studies, Library and Information Science, Historical Geography, Archiving, Cataloguing, Classification, Preservation, Education and training, Comparative history, Diplomatic history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Social history, Middle Ages, Modern Age, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Biblical studies, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, Other Christian Denominations, Cultural Essay, Canon Law / Church Law, Source Material, History of Religion, History of Art
Published by: Muzeul National al Unirii Alba Iulia
Keywords: Athos mountain; museums; penitential practices; monastic life; hagiography;

Summary/Abstract: L’article nous présente la manière dont trois histoires, avec des finalités très différentes, s’avèrent en réalité interconnectées. La première histoire est celle de saint Antoine Petchersky (xe-xie siècle), père du monachisme russe et fondateur de la Laure des Grottes de Kyïv; la deuxième concerne un monastère du Mont Athos, où ce saint aurait vécu pendant un certain temps au xie siècle; la troisième nous parle d’un objet qu’il aurait porté. La présente étude permet d’explorer la rivalité entre Grecs et Russes au Mont Athos dans la seconde moitié du xixe siècle. Elle permet également d’interroger la question des ‘faux’ objets et la pertinence culturelle de ces derniers.

  • Issue Year: 6/2022
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 197-206
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English