reminding function (of innate knowledge) is one of the most important nonindependentfunctions of revelation. prophets and saints of god have employeddifferent approaches for realizing this function and duty of revelation.revealed texts, offering explanatory role (explaining the innate covenant, itscontent and characteristics), educational role (teaching religion, prayer andworship), motivationa...

In this paper, I argue that it is quite useful, both theoretically and empirically, to adopt a sociocultural approach to the study of moral development. This entails viewing ‘moral functioning’ as a form of mediated action, and moral development as the process by which persons gradually appropriate a variety of ‘moral mediational means’. Mediated action entails two central elements: an ‘agent’,...

The article is devoted to the menologion (calendar of saints) compiled in 20th century for Russian Byzantine Catholics. latter are a church community with its own Byzantine-Slavic worship and piety, which follow both Catholic Eastern spiritual traditions. Like entire liturgical literature Catholics, was created Rome under auspices Congregation Churches, as part activities Apostolate, i.e., miss...

This article discusses the Christian saints who are most often mentioned in Russian incantations: Sts. George, Nicholas, Florus and Laurus, Kossma Damian, Zosima Savvaty of Solovki, as well semi-apocryphal Sisinius Solomonia. The first six among popular folk Orthodoxy. presents naming conventions saints, their attributes functions magic. Depending on magical function, protagonists incantations ...