Pilgrimage in the Christian Balkan World: The Path to Touch the Sacred and Holy

Front Matter
Dorina Dragnea and Emmanouil Ger. Varvounis. Introduction
Magdalena LUBA\'NSKA. Life-giving Energies and Healing. Emically Sensitive Ethnography of Orthodox Christian Pilgrimage in Bulgaria
Aleksandra DUGUSHINA and Alexander NOVIK. Christian Shrines as a Space of Ethnic and Religious Interrelations. Two Cases in Kosovo and Albania
Konstantinos GIAKOUMIS. Pilgrimage Diffusion and Polycentrism in the Veneration of Saint Nicodemus of Berat
Evelyn REUTER. Visiting Saint Naum. Blurring Motivations and Activities of Pilgrims and Tourists
Zoran LADIĆ. The Phenomenon of Pilgrimages on the East Adriatic Coast between the Middle of the Thirteenth and the End of the Fifteenth Centuries
Ion GUMENÂI. Holy Journey to the Monastery or at the Wonderworking Icon of the Neamț as Described by Archimandrite Andronic Popovici
Maria Alexandra PANTEA. Pilgrimages and Pilgrims in the Arad County as an Expression of the Confessional, Ethnic and Socio-political Realities (1700–1939)
Mirela HROVATIN. The Mother of God of Bistrica Shrine as Croatian National Pilgrimage Center
Constantin NECULA. Pilgrimage in the Romanian Orthodox Church. Aspects of the Pedagogy of Faith
Emmanouil Ger. VARVOUNIS. Pilgrimage Rituals and Places in Modern Greece
Dorina DRAGNEA. The Pilgrimage Practice in Moldova as a Medium for Displaying of the Official and Vernacular Religiosity
Biljana ANĐELKOVIĆ. From a Local Sanctuary to the ‘Ostrog ofDjerdap’. The Role of Monasticism in Creating the Most Visited Pilgrimage Destination in Serbia
Vassiliki CHRYSSANTHOPOULOU. Revitalizing Identity through Pilgrimage to an Aegean Island. Memory, Ritual Practice and Communal Belonging at the Annual Celebration of Saint Panteleimon’s Feast in Saria, Greece
Georgios KOUZAS. From Pilgrimage to Festival and Commerce. Changes in the Use of Space in the Pilgrimage to the Church of Saint Barbara in the Municipality of ‘Aghia Varvara᾽ in Attica, Greece
Conclusion
General Index