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

Fig. 2: The temple of St. Nektarios of Aegina on the island of Aegina, Greece. Author's photo. As a characteristic feature of our time, one can consider the veneration of saints on a par with incorporeal forces, if not more. In the prayer life of believers, the reading of akathists to saints becomes more widespread and more significant than the reading of the Holy Scriptures, the Psalter and the Canon. A similar trend is observed in modern churches in Georgia. For example, in the church of St. Equal-to- the-Apostles Nina of the monastery of the same name, the altar of which was painted in 2021, in the conch of the apse to the right and left of the throne image of the Most Holy Theotokos, instead of the traditional images of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, St. Equal-to-the- Apostles Nina and St. Andrew are painted (Fig.3). Fig. 3: Painting of the conch of the apse of the church of St. Nina of the monastery of the same name in Georgia. Photo of the author. The dedication of the temple is also emphasized in the programs of painting modern churches in Estonia, for example, in the church of the Narva Icon of the Mother of God in the city of Narva: the painting of this church includes scenes from the great Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos, images of the Old Testament prophets who foreshadowed the birth of the Savior from the Virgin; the prophet David is written in the “higher”, which emphasizes its axiological significance, perhaps because the Mother of God was from the © 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue I Version I 30 Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 ( ) A Features of the Programs of Murals of Modern Ukrainian Orthodox Churches