Аннотация: Krestishchi. An essay on geographical and historical associations.
Krestishchi. An essay on geographical and historical associations.
I didn't find the settlement with the name "Krestishchi" neither in encyclopedias, nor on the maps.
[Khrestishche (Ukrainian: Khrestishche) is a village of the Krestishchensky village council, Krasnogradsky district, Kharkiv region, Ukraine]. [unofficial translation]
However, I admit that a settlement with such name exists.
If you follow the Explanatory Dictionary by Vladimir Dal, then you can choose from three main meanings that could form the basis of the name "Krestishchi":
"CROSS [Krest]... The cross is the symbol of Christianity." (Krestishchi - huge crosses?)
"Krestsy ... a crossroads ..." (Krestishchi - a settlement located at the intersection of roads?)
"Baptism, the Christian sacrament of initiation into the church." "... to baptize, to perform over whom the sacrament of Holy Baptism."
For any state system (until the second half of the 20th century), it was important, to what confession the inhabitants of the territory belong (from lat.confessio - confession).
The official registration of (actual) belonging to a confession or the mass accession to a confession (when the state system changes) - the conduct of an appropriate religious rite - could well be recorded in the name of the settlement "Krestishchi".
"They let him to warm up, and he is already baptizing children!" (the folk proverb from the Dictionary by Vladimir Dal).
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May 10, 2022 05:23
Translation from Russian into English: May 10, 2022 05:47.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Крестищи. Очерк географических и исторических ассоциаций.".
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