Specificity of the Saint and his Role in the Russian Orthodoxy and Society History

Valentina Ya. Nagevichene
Year: 2014
DOI:
UDK: 235.3
Pages: 83-89
Language: russian
Section: The world of Culture: subjects, institutions, practices
Keywords: the Saint, the Blessed, a diviner, a prophet, the holy elders, “God’s fool”, canonization, pilgrimage.
Abstract
The understanding of the Saint has been analyzed in the paper, as well as his role of the Holy Elder and “God’s fool” or fool “in Christ” in the Russian society, in its sacral and spiritual culture for centuries.
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