Children's drawing about religion. Religious symbols (15 photos)

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“Religions of the World” - Organizational moment (1-2 min). What can you tell your family members about the origins of the world's religions? Abraham. Show on the map the place of origin of the religion you represent. Religions of the world. Show on the map the place of origin of the world religion you represent. Islam. Synagogue. Learning new material (5 min).

“Religions” - Originated in the 6th century BC. in India The number of believers is 350 million people. Europe North Hinduism. Religions: Shiism. America Australia Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism. Shintoism. Center - Vatican. Fetishism. Prayer. Sikhism. Monotheism and polytheism. Patriarch Alexy. 20 million believers China, Singapore. Pope John Paul II.

“Morality and Religion” - Categories of duty are a kind of cut-off point for the moral consciousness of an individual. Features of religion. Any professional activity is regulated by special instructions, instructions, rules, and statutes. A system of religious rites, rituals, actions - cults, sacrifices, ceremonies. Each religious system has its own moral codes.

“Lesson Religion” - Art in religious culture. Summarizing. Man in the religious traditions of the world Lesson 12. Determine the topics of your articles. Customs and rituals. What religions are there? How a cultured person should behave. How religion and culture are connected. That the holy book of Muslims is called the Koran. What are icons?

“Religions of the World” - Branches of Christianity: World religion is a religion that has spread among the peoples of various countries and continents. Islam. Protestantism is characterized by extreme diversity in external forms and practices from church to church. Catholicism. Orthodoxy. Criteria: Christianity. In the Middle East, there are many Catholics in Lebanon.

“World Religions” - Islam is one of the world religions that arose in the 7th century in Arabia. Christian commandments. The founder of the Buddhist religion was Siddhartha Gautama. 1. Zhukov. The Koran is the main book of Muslims. Orthodox churches. Protestant churches. Problem tasks: Buddhist temple. Patriarch Nikon is a reformer of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Christianity is a world religion that unites about 2 billion adherents. The essence of Christianity is the doctrine of the God-man Jesus Christ (the Son of God), who descended from heaven to earth and accepted suffering and death to atone for people from original sin.

Christianity originated in the East of the Roman Empire (the territory of modern Israel) in the 1st century AD. The founder is considered to be Jesus Christ. Currently, Christianity is one of the most widespread religions in the world - it is professed by more than a quarter of humanity. Christianity ranks first in the world in terms of geographical distribution, i.e. Almost every country in the world has at least one Christian community.

Catholicism is one of the main directions in Christianity. Catholics make up the majority of believers in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Austria, and Latin American countries. The organization of the Catholic Church is highly centralized. During the Reformation, Protestantism broke away from Catholicism.

Orthodoxy is one of the main and oldest trends in Christianity, which is characterized by: belief in the bodily resurrection, ascension and upcoming second coming of Jesus Christ, the need to belong to the Church, belief in the holiness of the Church, belief in angels and the prayerful intercession of saints.

Protestantism - (from Latin protestans, gen. protestantis publicly proving), one of the main trends in Christianity. Unites many independent movements, churches and sects. Protestantism is characterized by the absence of a fundamental opposition between the clergy and the laity, the rejection of a complex church hierarchy, a simplified cult, the absence of monasticism, and celibacy; in Protestantism there is no cult of the Mother of God, saints, angels, icons, the number of sacraments is reduced to two (baptism and communion).

Number of Christians Currently, the number of adherents of Christianity around the world exceeds 2 billion, of which in Europe, according to various estimates, from 400 to 550 million, in Latin America about 380 million, in North America million (USA million, Canada 25 million), in Asia about 300 million, in Africa million, in Australia 14 million.

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What are they and what do they mean.

Formally, the symbol of the Bahá'í Faith is a five-pointed star, but it is associated with this teaching, first of all, a nine-pointed star (nine is a sacred number for the Bahá'ís) - a symbol of the “Greatest Name.” Baha'is consider their religion to be the last world monotheistic religion, while religious scholars classify it as both an Islamic-syncretistic sect and a new and world religion.

The symbol of the Baha'i faith is the nine-pointed star.

Buddhism

The Dharmachakra, or "wheel of the drachma", also the "wheel of law", is a symbol of the teachings of the Buddha and is depicted as a wheel with five, six or eight spokes. The hub (center of the wheel) symbolizes the luminous point of consciousness that emits spiritual light, and the eight spokes symbolize following the “Noble Eightfold Path” (eight noble principles), which is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. These principles are: right view, right thinking, right speech, right conduct, right living, right effort, right awareness, right contemplation.

Dharmachakra

Sometimes two gazelles are depicted on the sides of the wheel, which are a symbol of Buddhist preaching. This is due to the legend that these animals also listened to the first sermon of the Buddha.

Bhavacakra - a similar symbol, also reminiscent of a wheel (“wheel of samsara”), denotes the endless cycle of existence, characterized by birth, death and new births.

Bhavacakra

Taoism

The famous black and white “fish” of Yin and Yang are one of the main concepts of ancient Chinese natural philosophy. The concept of Yin and Yang denotes two positions: firstly, that everything in this world is constantly changing, and secondly, that opposites complement each other (in this, Taoism is partly reminiscent of Masonic philosophy with one of its symbols - a chessboard floor; more about Freemasonry and its symbols, read the article by Marina Ptichenko “Freemasonry: not a secret society, but a society with secrets”). The purpose of human existence according to Taoism is the balance and harmony of opposites, which is difficult to disagree with. Yin stands for black, feminine and internal, Yang stands for white, masculine and external.

Yin Yang

Zoroastrianism

This ancient religion is based on a person’s free moral choice of good thoughts, words and deeds. The symbol of Zoroastrianism - faravahar - is a winged disk, in the upper part of which a human body is depicted - fravashi, which is analogous to a guardian angel in Abrahamic religions. Initially, this symbol, however, depicted an inspired sun (a symbol of power and divine origin), later the image of a person was added to it. In general, faravahar denotes divine blessing (and in some versions, royal glory).

Faravahar

Islam

Despite the global nature of this religion, there are no symbols in Islam as such (read more about Islam in the article by Evgeny Shurygin “Islam is not aggressive - there are aggressive representatives”). However, “unofficially” the symbols of Islam are, of course, considered to be the crescent and the star (for more information about the symbolism of Islam, as well as Christianity and Judaism and their meaning from the point of view of depth psychology, read the material “1000 and 1 night”: under the rule of an eastern woman”).

Star and Crescent

Regarding the symbol or emblem, it can be said that Muslims worship Allah and reject any idols. Muslims ask for blessings and protection only from Allah, and therefore Muslims do not have a symbol like the cross among Christians. Some Muslims have chosen the crescent moon as a symbol in contrast to the cross, but this is wrong and is an innovation in Islam.

— Sheikh Muhammad Salih al Munajid

Hinduism

The quintessence of the word “Om” (“Aum”) is a mantra. Aum is a symbol of Hinduism and means the universal name of God, the three letters of which designate the three main gods and their spheres of influence - Creation, Maintenance and Destruction, and in addition, symbolize the three states of consciousness: awakening, meditation and deep sleep.

Aum

The well-known swastika is also a symbol of Hinduism, and, as you know, means the Sun, harmony, unity of forces and elements, favorable destinies. Contrary to popular belief, the idea of ​​placing this symbol on the national flag of Nazi Germany did not belong to the mystical Adolf Hitler, but it was he who approved it as a symbol of National Socialism.

Swastika on the Nazi flag

Nevertheless, I was forced to reject all the countless projects sent to me from all over by young supporters of the movement, since all these projects boiled down to only one topic: taking up the old colors<красно-бело-черного прусского флага>and against this background a hoe-shaped cross was drawn in different variations. (...) After a series of experiments and alterations, I myself compiled the finished project: the main background of the banner is red; there is a white circle inside, and in the center of this circle is a black hoe-shaped cross. After much rework, I finally found the necessary relationship between the size of the banner and the size of the white circle, and also finally settled on the size and shape of the cross.

— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

In addition, the swastika was used as a symbol of German socialism by various military organizations even before the Nazis appeared on the German political scene.

Fortunately, the solar symbol “worked” as a talisman not for the Nazis themselves, but against the Nazis, giving hope for “favorable destinies” to the rest of the world.

Judaism

The symbol of the six-pointed Star of David (hexagram) has more ancient origins than Judaism itself. This symbol became Jewish only in the 19th century. The hexagram sign itself was known in India under the name Anahanta chakra, probably long before it appeared in the Middle East and Europe.

Star of David

There are many interpretations of the Star of David symbol, including both traditional ones and those proposed in the 20th century. The hexagram is interpreted as a connection and combination of two principles: male (triangle with “broad shoulders”, pointing downward) and female (triangle, pointing upward), heavenly and earthly, fire in combination with air and water in combination with earth; control of the whole world: earth, sky and four cardinal directions, etc.

Occultism

The general name of teachings based on belief in otherworldly and supernatural forces - occultism - also has its own symbol - a pentagram. It is the oldest and most complex mystical symbol, the first mention of which dates back to Ancient Greece. Pentagram literally means “five lines” in Greek. This symbol, for example, was the hallmark of the Pythagorean school, whose followers believed that the beautiful polygon had many magical properties. Researchers believe that the pentagram probably appeared 4 thousand years ago in Mesopotamia and apparently indicated the astronomical pattern of the planet Venus. This star symbol usually represents a person, where the top point is the head and the other four are the limbs. Sometimes the pentagram is also considered as an image of the five senses.

Pentagram

Satanism

The Seal of Baphomet is the official symbol of the Church of Satan. It is the same pentagram, only inverted, often with the head of a goat inscribed in it. Around the pentagram there is a ring in which the name of Leviathan is inscribed opposite each end of the star.

Seal of Baphomet

Sikhism

This religion was founded in India by Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539). Today its adherents are more than 22 million people around the world. The most important symbol of the religion is the khanda, which is a double-edged sword (the Sikh concept of the holy Warrior) surrounded by a chakra - an Indian steel throwing ring (a symbol of the unity of God and man). On either side are two kirpans (the national form of the Sikh knife), representing spiritual and temporal power, which emphasizes that both spiritual life and obligations to the community are equally important for a Sikh.

Khanda

Christianity

The symbol of the cross in Christianity, according to some researchers, is also not original, but, like the star and crescent in Islam, a later innovation. Initially, the symbol of the Christian religion was the image of a fish. In ancient Greek, fish is designated as ἰχθύς (“ichthys (ichthyus)”), which corresponds to the abbreviation of the Christian postulate “Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ” (ΙΧΘΥΣ) – “And Jesus Christ is God's Son and Savior."

Orthodox cross

The Orthodox cross, as you know, differs from the Catholic one and consists of four crossbars. The small horizontal sign represents a tablet with the inscription “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” The oblique crossbar symbolizes the two thieves crucified next to Jesus, where the upward end of the crossbar represents the one who was forgiven, and the downward end – the second one, who went to hell. Another version, however, says that the crossbar is simply a rest for the legs of the crucified man, which prevented him from dying immediately after execution.

The shape of the cross in the form of two beams, like the Catholics, came from ancient Chaldea, where, as in neighboring countries, it symbolized the god Tammuz.

Catholic cross

Religious symbols help believers

to realize and deeper understand their faith, they connect a meaningful perception of faith with an emotional one. Our whole life is surrounded by many different symbols, but the difference between religious symbols is that they have great power because they express moral values ​​and relationships of a higher order. A believer cannot do without religious symbols

Judaism is the religion of the Jews, which proclaims the idea that God has recognized the Jewish people as the chosen ones. The main meaning of the doctrine is faith in one, omnipotent, immortal God. Man is connected with him through the mind and the immortal soul; communication with God is carried out through prayer. The symbol of Judaism is the six-pointed Star of David. David was God's anointed and the ruler of the Jews. The five ends of the star symbolize human desires, which must submit to the most important sixth end - the desire to submit to God in everything.

Teaching Taoism originated in ancient China. The founder of Taoism is considered to be Lao Tzu, who wrote the famous treatise “Tao Te Ching”. In this religion, a person is perceived as an immortal substance, eternal life is achieved by merging with the Tao (the ancestor of all things in the Universe) through religious contemplation, physical and breathing exercises and other methods of self-development. Graphically, the concept of Taoism is expressed by Taiji - the symbol of a single limit. This is a black and white circle called Yin and Yang, where the black side is given to the woman and symbolizes the inner world, and the white side is the external, male side.