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Tattoos in the Christian religion

Posted by: 2021-11-22
Updated: 2021-11-22

Tattoos in the Christian religion

Tattoos are not only needed to decorate the body, they can also have religious significance.

Among Christians, even if tattoos are not permitted in biblical texts, they are still present on the skin of some believers. Copts in Egypt, as explained Observer.france24.com, often decorated with religious symbols. " V Gergess, the proposed motives are inspired exclusively by Christian traditions: the Mother of God, Jesus and other [...] Coptic patriarchs. All of them are engraved on wood stamps dipped in ink and marked at the location chosen by the customer. The tattoo artist then begins to fill in the design to create the tattoo. Religious tattoos are also practiced in Jerusalem, Israel, a city of great importance to the faithful of the Abrahamic religions. Anna Felicity Friedman, author of the beautiful World Tattoo Atlas, recalls that the Razzuk family has been tattooing Christian pilgrims for 400 years! And to end this review of Christian tattoos, let's head to the Balkans. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, among Croats, who are mostly Catholics, religious tattoos were also used. practiced when this part of Europe was under Ottoman rule, before almost fell into disuse during the communist era.

In an interesting article by the author Deputy, we find that “women began to tattoo [...] their hands, fingers, chest and forehead with crosses or other adornments in honor of the Almighty. They believed that such a practice could create spiritual protection that would alienate the Turks, [...] allow people to know they were Catholic before they had to be forced into conversion. Many children had their names or initials tattooed, which [...] served as identification. "

More generally, the tattoo is not only present in the Christian religion, we can, in particular, remember that in Asia we also find religious, sacred tattoos, but this is another story, which we will tell you about soon!

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