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Religions· 2026Q1

The Sanctity of Water Between Ecclesial Ritual and Folk Religion: A Diachronic and Ecoanthropological Analysis of Byzantine Monastic Centers and Monasteries in the Republic of North Macedonia

Aleksandar Vasileski, Ели Луческа, Lidija Stojanović

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Byzantine monastic sacred waters shifted from ecclesiastic consecration (epiclesis) to immanent, folk-derived sanctity in localized springs by the 19th century, dedicated to saints or days rather than solely the Theotokos.

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