V.F. VOINO-YASENETSKY (ARCHBISHOP LUKE OF CRIMEA) ON PRAYERFUL COMMUNION WITH GOD THROUGH THE PRIZM OF EDUCATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL VIEW

Abstract

The article analyses the types of prayer defined by contemporary philosophy, based on a system represented by Mel Thompson. Special attention is paid to a prayer-petition as one of the most important and powerful for the believers, as V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky (Archbishop Luke of Crimea) considered. For a prayer-petition to be heard by God 2 conditions are needed: a deep faith and persistence in prayer. Both of these conditions require special training of the believer, which demands both certain pedagogical skills of the pastor and the general educational level of the believer. It is also proved that Archbishop Luke of Crimea considered a prayer to be a manifestation of spirituality. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to further study the heritage of prominent religious figures both past and present (in particular V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky (Archbishop Luke of Crimea)) and it is also necessary to apply in practice their approaches to communicating with people of different levels of basic education.