Kultur, konst, vetenskap

Tradition and contemporaneity in the Romanian Orthodox Church. Monthly edited by the Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj. Current issue, archive, authors, editorial board, orders and contact.

This site contains a catalog of historical photographs related to the family of Emperor Nicholas II.

Antropology, Ethnography, Archeology, Theology, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Theatre, Music, Cinema, Video, Fotography. Special projects on Serb Culture in Poland, Luzhicy, Bulgaria, Albania, Ukraine, Germany, Bosnia, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovenia, Romania and others.

Description of the Miracle of Holy Light (Holy Fire) that happens every year in Jerusalem. Where, when and how the miracle occurs. History. The miracle that is unknown in the West. Question of the authenticity. Pictures, stories, witnesses.

A brief history of the church.

The creation of color photographs in the early 1900’s was technically and logistically complex. To create color images, Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii separated out primary colors, using filters, to record three black-and-white images on a glass plate. His plates themselves show no color, but consist of a series of three black and white images, one below the other on the 9-inch long, narrow plate.

The project aims to popularize Russia’s cultural heritage early masterpieces. Icons by name, subject and century. Medieval Russian art, iconostasis, iconography.

Liturgical Music settings composed by David Lucs, an American Orthodox composer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Liturgical music in .pdf and .mp3 file formats. The website also contains a collection of paintings, photos, and cards.

Short descriptions and photoimages of towers, walls, churches and other buildings of Kirillo-Belozersky monastery, as they were seen by the author winter 2004.

A brief history and contacts.

Carved iconostases, icon cases, icon boards, altars, lecterns and Sanctuary doors.

News, concerts, museum projects, research, and souvenir products.

The first Serbian feature film about Saint Sava and Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming. Screenplay, media centre, box office and contacts.

Photographs and documents from the First World War.

Restoration, including work on icons, religious artifacts, and other artworks. Iconography, done in the classical egg tempera style. Paintings. Graphics design and etchings. Other miscellaneous forms of artistic work.

Monumental painting, portable icons, anthivola, Athonite paper icons, illuminated manuscripts, Byzantine sculpture, stone carving, wood carving, Byzantine minor arts, ceramics, embroidery, antimensia, documents, manuscripts, etc.