CHANGING OF WEARING APPAREL AND PALLS OF THE SAINTS’ HOLY RELICS IN COMMUNICATION INTER INHABITANTS OF KYIV DORMITION CAVES LAVRA (Late 18th – the 1st Decades of 20th Ct.)
Journal Title: Історичний архів. Наукові студії - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 18
Abstract
The article investigates on microhistorical level the features of social communication in Kyiv Dormition Caves Lav-ra, connected with changing of wearing Apparel and palls of the saints’ holy relics. The sacred objects in Near and Far caves as well as in Dormition cathedral are analysed. This theme is not especially probed in historiography and its evolving can broaden knowledge about spirituality and communicative activity of the Orthodox monks in late 18th – the 1st decades of 20th ct. Lavra did not suppress the changing of palls and other wearing apparel of the holy relics. Therefore, there were such reasons to put in order only a few Saints’ bodies together in drying room: 1) Lavra did not want to make breaks in regular prayers attendance into the Caves in summer; 2) the absence of numerous graves on their accustomed places could provoke outspoken displeasure of pilgrims. The probability is that the palls were picked up only for select visitors in order to avoid traffic congestion in the catacombs. The circle of responsible officials (Caves sextons and sacristan, sometimes ecclesiarch) tackled main objectives connected with re-enclothing. The Spiritual Council and the Superior (Kyivan Metropolitan) stepped in only in extraordinary cases and during the accounting recording or cancellation of the Saints’ wearing apparel and palls. These procedures were neither brought under regulation nor unitized for the both Caves. That’s why the Spiritual Council rendered the inconsecutive decisions about them. The relics re-enclothing was important for the brethren from a perspective of sanctuaries preservation but rather ordinary. Only simultaneous exchange of the palls during the Easter fast was ceremonial. This exchange is mentioned in printed matters of 19th – early 20th ct. The monks also could change clothes or footwear on the relics due to new donation. The palls were divid-ed into festive and casual. The donators’ requests connected with the use of their palls were embodied selectively. As the need arose, the pall’s exchange could become not only religious but also political event. There are such problems for further investigations: 1) the reasons to give the visitors of Lavra an information about the naked Saints’ relics; 2) the agreement of the donations of wearing apparel and palls for the holy relics between the donators and Lavra; 3) the involvement of Lavra brethren into the charitable aspirations of prayers.
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A. Kizlova
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