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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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Pedagogical Approaches
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
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
Map
An interactive didactical map interactive didactical map giving access to sites with a religious relevance.-
Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
The Pathway through Religions project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Pathway through Religions project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
The Pathway through Religions project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of educationPartnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Pathway through Religions project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the Pathway through Religions Project in the European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
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Church. St. Dimitar
"Ekzarh Iosif I" str., Vidin
RELIGIONS Orthodox
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
The cathedral „Saint Dimitar” is a cathedral church of Vidin eparchy. The church is the second biggest church in Bulgaria after the cathedral-monument „Saint Alexander Nevski” in Sofia.
The church was declared a monument of culture with national significance in State gazette 84 /31.10.75. The temple is situated in the central part of the town in the park, close the hotel "Zora". This functioning Christian church is in a very good condition and provides free access.
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
After 1718 Vidin became a border city of the Ottoman Empire. The border law started being effective for it. This effectively means that the Bulgarian population was not allowed to live in the city walls – the fortress (Kale). Because the gates of the fortress were closed from 6:00 in the evening to 7:00 in the morning and the churches "St. Petka" and "St. Panteleimon" could not be used during major Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter, they had to begin the construction of a new church outside the stronghold at the end of the seventeenth century.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The church was given the name of Martyr Dimitar from Thessaloniki. Soon it became a center of the cultural life in Bulgaria and became a Metropolitan Church. On December 6th, 1868 the temple was at first officially used by Bulgarian bishop in Bulgarian language. Since then, this church became the chair of Vidin Metropolitan Antim I, who after four years became the first Bulgarian Exarch.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
On October 26th, 1890 the day of the patron saint's day was laid St. Antimis and was celebrated the first Mass. Due to a worn-out of the wooden structure the temple had to be demolished and rebuilt. Funds for the building were collected from the capital of guilds and by voluntary contributions of citizens. The plan was developed by architect Bahnani. On March 10, 1885 officially was laid the foundation stone of the new church. The building is fully prepared and painted in 1926, when the solemn consecration and opening of the temple took place.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
The students need to visit the cathedral church, because it is the second biggest church in Bulgaria.
CONNECTION WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS SITES
Alexander Nevski Cathedral - “St. Aleksander Nevski” Square, 1000 Sofia
REFERENCE TO THE GUIDELINE
- History and Philosophy of Religions - Christianity
MEDIA RESOURCES
VIDEOS
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Church ''St. Dimitar"
This video was created for the purposes of this project.
LINKS
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Church "St.Dimitar"
Here you can find more information about the church.
