From readings on church archeology and liturgics (archaeology, places of prayer meetings, history of church painting)

Contents Introduction I. The position of archeology in Russian society II. Where, when and by whom did the collection and study of monuments of Christian art begin? A brief overview of pre-Christian religious buildings I. Places of prayer meetings of Christians of the 1st–3rd centuries II. The origin, purpose and structure of the Roman catacombs On the attitude of Christians of the first centuries to art in general, to painting in particular From the history of church painting I. General comments on the development of Christian painting II. The symbolic nature of ancient Christian painting and the reasons that determined it III. Own or historical images on monuments of ancient Christian art 1. Image of God the Father 2. Image of Jesus Christ IV. About the most ancient images of the Mother of God V. Images of the cross in pre-Christian times From the history of the sign of the cross VI. About the Greek iconographic original VII. From the history of ancient Russian icon painting VIII. From the history of ancient Russian icon painting IX. From the history of Old Russian icon painting X. From the history of Old Russian icon painting Appendix I. Apology of funeral customs II. Burial places among the ancients in connection with the form of burial III. About Christian funeral epigraphy You might be interested in: