HESYCHASM IN THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND KYIVAN RUS

Abstract

The transposition of hesychasm into the worldview and musical culture of Kyivan Rus Orthodoxy has been considered. The connection between the Byzantine and Kyivan Rus cultures in the realm of Christian cultural context and religious and artistic worldview has been outlined. The sacral meanings of the transposition of the hesychasm spiritual practice into the art and aesthetic sphere of Orthodoxy have been determined, in particular, their manifestation in artistic, symbolic and figuratively evocative forms, including church music practices, which ensures the rooting of the hesychasm aesthetics in archetypes and meta-images of ethnocultural identification of Ukrainians.