Finds of Christian Liturgical and devotional objects from the central part of Chernigov land, 11th-13th century

Abstract

Finds of Christian liturgical and devotional objects from the central part of Chernigov Land, 11th-13th century. the article contains a review of personal piety items (pectoral crosses, reliquary-crosses, icon-pendants, etc.) made of various material (copper alloy, stone, motherof-pearl, ceramics) and liturgical objects, discovered at rural settlements of chernigov Polesie area. Several of these finds are liked with pilgrimage to the Holy land. the main portion of stone pectoral crosses had been made locally. the presence of liturgical items and bricks in settlements suggests the existence of churches in the villages of the chernigov region. The finds of fragments of amphorae also demonstrate the stable forms of local christian culture. We have reason to believe that the devotional objects were used by different categories of the rural population.