General Prerequisites
The elective course examines Folklore as a scientific object that is directly related to the historical path of Hellenism and presents aspects of popular life and culture, the traditions of local communities and ecclesiastical-religious life. The aim of the course is the study and promotion of religious folklore and all the manifestations and manifestations of the religious people, as they were formed over the centuries. In particular, the course concerns the forms of religious folklore, Greek folk events and their impact on Christian worship, ecclesiastical art, poetry and the hagiological tradition.
The 13 teaching units are structured as follows:
1. Introduction to religious folklore.
2. Forms of religious folklore in the parish practice.
3. Greek folk events and Christian worship.
4. Tours and processions of sacred images and relics, with special reference to the phenomenon of resurrections.
5. Art de la Table in Christian popular culture and art.
6. The events of the divine Economy in the folk traditional narratives.
7. Popular Saints and folk traditions.
8. Mother of God feasts and folk traditions: Festivals, customs, folk narrative and poetic texts.
9. The good and the bad in the folk artistic tradition and religiosity.
10. Ritual survivals in daily functional life.
11. Folklore and the Twelfth Day.
12. Folklore from Lent to Easter.
13. Myths, folklore and folk art in the art of the Church.
Course Content (Syllabus)
The elective course examines Folklore as a scientific object that is directly related to the historical
path of Hellenism and presents aspects of popular life and culture, the traditions of local communities and ecclesiastical-religious life. The aim of the course is the study and promotion of religious folklore and all the manifestations and manifestations of the religious people, as they were formed over the centuries.
In particular, the course concerns the forms of religious folklore, Greek folk events and their impact on Christian worship, ecclesiastical art, poetry and the hagiological tradition.
The 13 teaching units are structured as follows:
1. Introduction to religious folklore.
2. Forms of religious folklore in the parish practice.
3. Greek folk events and Christian worship.
4. Tours and processions of sacred images and relics, with special reference to the phenomenon of resurrections.
5. Art de la Table in Christian popular culture and art.
6. The events of the divine Economy in the folk traditional narratives.
7. Popular Saints and folk traditions.
8. Mother of God feasts and folk traditions: Festivals, customs, folk narrative and poetic texts.
9. The good and the bad in the folk artistic tradition and religiosity.
10. Ritual survivals in daily functional life.
11. Folklore and the Twelfth Day.
12. Folklore from Lent to Easter.
13. Myths, folklore and folk art in the art of the Church.
Keywords
folk events, folk traditions, folk art, folk tales