Global Journal of Human-Social Science, A: Arts and Humanities, Volume 23 Issue 1

© 2023. Yuliia Khlystun. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Features of the Programs of Murals of Modern Ukrainian Orthodox Churches By Yuliia Khlystun Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University Abstract- The article is devoted to the analysis of features of the programs of murals of modern Ukrainian Orthodox churches, mainly in the East of Ukraine, from the point of view of cultural studies. Changes in the programs of church murals, changes in the styles and techniques of murals are taken into account. Among the modern trends in the murals of Orthodox churches painted in the 21st century, the following can be distinguished: a special severity of the dedication of the temple in the program of its painting, the possibility of a creative approach by customers and icon painters in compiling one or another program for painting the temple, the preference of the Byzantine style to other styles, the revival of interest in fresco. It should be noted the results of the influence of the visual turn on the monumental church painting. The author of the article has been studying the painting of Orthodox churches in the East of Ukraine over the past two years, and now many of these churches are completely destroyed or damaged as a result of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. This adds value to her research materials. Keywords: monumental church painting, church painting program, church art, orthodox church, iconography, iconographic plot. GJHSS-A Classification: FOR Code: 220499 FeaturesoftheProgramsofMuralsofModernUkrainianOrthodoxChurches Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Arts & Humanities - Psychology Volume 23 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2023 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X