Liudmila Eramova

A Lion, a Cauldron, and a Rooster: Chronicle of St. Vitus’ Imagery

St. Vitus has a distinctive set of attributes: a lion, a cauldron, and a rooster. But where did this curious…

2 months ago

RENTAL SANCTITY: HOW CHRISTIAN RELICS CREATE LINES AND BOLSTER BORDERS

This essay begins with a vague childhood memory: an impossibly long queue outside Moscow’s main church in the late autumn…

3 months ago