THE CONCEPT OF «ASCETIC EXPERIENCE» AND «ORTHODOX HUMANISM» IN THE WORKS OF PAISIUS VELICHKOVSKY

The purpose of the work is to study the influence of the tradition of hesychasm on the doctrine of Paisius Velichkovsky. Paisius argues that monastic coexistence, as a school of true obedience, becomes a place of hesychastic practice, without which obedience itself turns out to be misinterpreted. The basic principle of renewal of monastic life, which uses Paisius Velichkovsky, is to link hesychast activity with spiritual understanding. Thanks to his efforts work on correction and translation of patristic texts, the study of the works of the Holy fathers of the Orthodox Church is energetically restored, and monasticism becomes an exciting ideal. Working in the direction of Orthodox humanism, using his own hesychast experience Paisius Velichkovsky made an invaluable contribution to the revival of the Church, returning to the patristic traditions of spiritual life and the obtaining of the Holy spirit.