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Rudenskaya T.V. RUSSIAN SENILITY AS A SPIRITUAL PHENOMENON OF ORTHODOXYThis article is devoted to the theme of revival of the ancient Byzantine tradition — hesychasm or "clever doing" in Russia at XVIII century. From the beginning Russian senility entered into the new way of development different from Old Eastern and as a result a new type of senility originated. Senility is an institute of communication with world, with social character where it plays some social-cultural role. The essence of this role is that the elder becomes a spirit guide and an adviser of people lived in a peace.Key words: spiritual-moral culture, tradition of senility, social status of spiritual tutorship, hesychasm, mechanisms of doing contemplation, asceticism.

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Author: Rudenskaya T.V.

Year: 2011

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Sergey Aleksandrovich
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