THE IMPORTANCE OF RECEIVING COMMUNION FOR SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF CHRISTIAN-NEOPHYTES IN KARACHAY-СHERKESS REPUBLIC

This article deals with the studying intinction in spiritual culture of Christian neophytes in Karachay-Cherkess republic. The study object is a group of Bible-Christians who changed their ethno-confessional identity. The article considers the conditions of administering the Sacrament as a regular spiritual activity of neophytes of the region. Basing on the ethnographic fieldwork material, the author describes the stages, preceding and following administering the Sacrament and determines its peculiarities in the ethnic space of Caucasians depending on community structure. Studying this aspect of spiritual life of neophyte mountaineers in terms of ethnography represents the scientific novelty and is important for studying the influence of Christianity on the formation of spiritual culture of native peoples of the Republic.