THE IMAGE OF ST. TIKHON ZADONSKY AND HIS WRITINGS IN THE WORKS AND WORLD OUTLOOK OF F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

The article examines the facts allowing to talk about the significance of personality and writings of St. Tikhon (Zadonsky) for Dostoevsky. The writer contrasted the image of St. Tikhon with the positive protagonists of modern literature. Dostoevsky used the features of St. Tikhon when creating the images of the bishop (The Obsessed), Father Zosima (The Brothers Karamazov), Makar Dolgoruky (The Adolescent). Dostoevsky's characters and the saint share joyful Easter perception of the world and people.