18-06-03 09:15, Lisa Darie wrote:
> Hram is the annual celebration of the patron saint of an orthodox church
> as St George on April 23 or St. Mary on August 15. The name hram might
> derives from heram, an ancient festival and a banquet celebrated in
> Samos in honour of the goddess Hera. The Thracians used to offer to
> their gods and ancestors huge lavish public feasts.
This is _completely impossible_. First, no Greek aitches would have
survived in any Balkan vernacular. Secondly, but perhaps more
importantly, the Samian festival was called the "Heraion". <hram> can
only be OCS xramU < PSl. *xormU 'tall building, temple'.
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There are several meaning of the word HRAM [even some not related to the
romanian church vocabulary!].
In Alexandru Ciorãnescu/ie Alejandro CIORANESCU "Diccionario Etimolo'gico
Rumano", 1958-'59, Biblioteca Filologica, La Laguna University, Spain:
as 1. Patron of a church; 2. Feast of this Patron; 3. Church dedicated to a
certain Saint: Slav CHRAMU "temple, house" [quoting Alexandru "de" CIHAC (+
29.07.1887, Mainz), "Dictionnaire d'étymologie dacoromain", vol.
II_Élémentes slaves, magyars, turcs, grecs modernes et albanais, Frankfurt,
1879, 816 pages] cf. Russian CHRAM "church".
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