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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
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Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
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Chiesa di Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio (Parish of San Niccolò dei Greci)
Piazza Bellini - 3, 90133 Palermo PA, Italy
RELIGIONS Catholic
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
The church was founded in 1143 by Admiral George of Antioch, Syrian of Orthodox faith in the service of the Norman king Roger II. Built by oriental artists according to Byzantine taste, the church has a Greek cross plan, prolonged with the narthex and the atrium.
In the mid-fifteenth century the church was assigned to the adjacent Benedictine monastery, of Latin rite, and this led to some internal adjustments, completed only in the seventeenth century.
At the end of the nineteenth century, after some works that brought back most of the building to its original medieval appearance except for the nave and the central apse, the church fell into a state of neglect, until the return to Eastern worship in the first half of the twentieth century on behalf of the Albanian community of Sicily on concession of the Archdiocese of Palermo. The church thus assumed the parish title of San Nicolò dei Greci
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
From a historical point of view, the building has been for almost nine centuries one of the religious and cultural centres of Palermo; the church is commonly called "La Martorana", from the name of the founder of the Benedictine monastery to which it has been linked since the Middle Ages
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The building, founded by an Orthodox, has maintained throughout the centuries the typically oriental structure, even when it has been adapted to the Latin rite of Catholic worship; noteworthy are the Islamic architectural influences, due to the Arab workers who participated in the making of the building. Today the church is assigned to the Catholic-Byzantine cult, and is also home to the "East Christian" ecumenical cultural association.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
The presence of the Greek-Albanian community, to which the church is entrusted, is very relevant for the presence of minority religious and cultural traditions in contemporary Sicily. The Greek-Albanian community, even if Catholic, follows the Byzantine rite, which is celebrated in a few other centres of worship in Europe.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
Organize a direct visit to the site
- Conduct a research activity on the Greek-Albanian communities in Italy
- Deepen the study of Byzantine culture
- Conduct a research activity on the Greek-Albanian communities in Italy
- Deepen the study of Byzantine culture
REFERENCE TO THE GUIDELINE
- History and Philosophy of Religions - Christianity
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