The Exhibition
The Natural World in the Worship of the Church
The museum's exhibition is titled “The Natural World in the Worship of the Church”. The significant role of the natural world in the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church is the theme presented through the objects in the collection. Specifically, how material elements are “transformed” and participate in divine worship, while simultaneously “lending” their idealized form for the decoration of liturgical objects.
The exhibition tour is experiential, featuring multi-sensory displays and a comprehensive guide for visually impaired and blind individuals. Visitors engage their hearing, smell, and touch, as throughout all rooms there are tablets with headphones, discovery drawers, and a scent table. Specifically for blind individuals, there are tactile diagrams and explanatory texts in Braille, connected with an embossed strip.
The first museological section is titled "What shall we offer You, Christ..." and deals with the symbolism and nature of organic elements in the worship of the church. It includes five subsections.
The second section is dedicated to the natural materials that serve as the raw materials for the construction of worship objects and the patterns we borrow from the natural world for their decoration. Title of the section: "Patterns and natural materials in the construction of worship objects"
The final section includes seven subsections through which it addresses the theme of the sanctification of nature and people as the purpose of ecclesiastical worship and how it acquired a special color and significance in the villages of southern Rhodes and in Chalki. The title of the section is: "The sanctification of nature and people."
3d Digital Representations of Objects
#Copy of the Icon of Panagia Skiadeni #Silver-bound Gospel #Epimanikion
