ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ

The well-known to mathematicians “Archimedes’ spiral” is a geometric symbol that the ancient sage managed to mathematically capture in his attempt to square the circle. It is an ancient symbol that has existed in the Aegean Sea region for at least 3,650 years (wall paintings of Thera, photo 2) and is reminiscent of the waves of the sea. Also, the shells of sea snails, the eddies of the Aegean and the human fingerprints on the fresh clay of the vases. It was used in pottery, on the edges of marble columns, in embroidery, jewelry (photo 3) and works of art. These were my thoughts, eating my mother's oil-cookies (photo 1), similar to the ancient "kolykia" of the goddess Demeter, made with freshly pressed oil. The ancient tradition of spiraling is passed down from father and mother to daughter and son, without having to be apprenticed to any school. This is how my mother learned to make the cookies, spiraled, like an ancestor of hers, 3700 years ago, on this sea-drenched rock...

  In the Picridion area of Istanbul, which is today called Hasköy, there were two famous monasteries during the Roman Empire. The first was named after the district, Picridion, and the second was called Evandros. Perhaps the monastery of Evandros (Ev-andres, many men or soldiers) was so named because of the multitude of its monks or the soldiers who gathered there, setting off for war. An important figure of the second period of the Iconoclasm (814-842) was buried there, “the monk Lazarus, renowned for his painting, having an outstanding art”, as the historian John Skylitzes tells us about him in his “Chronicle”. There are several details about the life of the great painter Lazarus the monk, who was persecuted by King Theophilus, imprisoned, and had his hands burned with red-hot irons so that he could not paint icons of saints. He died 25 years after Theophilus. His memory in the East is celebrated on November 17, his birthday. 1st photo. The location of the Monastery of Evan...