Andrey Bely and St. Seraphim of Sarov

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Abstract

The article considers for the first time the question of the spiritual influence of St. Peter. Seraphim of Sarov refers to one of the most prominent figures of the “Silver Age”, the poet and thinker Andrei Bely. The biographical materials of Bely for 1900–1927 are analyzed. Fr. Serafim became the prototype of the hero of the “Northern Symphony” of Elder John. The poet dedicated the Rev. The poem “St. Seraphim Seraphim” (1903). But the main thing is that the religious experience of the Rev. Seraphim, in the poet’s specific interpretation, has been “fueling” and shaping his religious and philosophical innovations for many years. The influence of the Rev. Seraphim is due to the fact that for Bely he was not a representative of the theoretical “search for God”, but of prayer practice. The prayer practice of the White Man himself has its origin in the appeal to the holiness of St. Peter. Seraphim. She largely corrects the ways of his search for God in the early 1900s. Awareness of the proximity of the Rev. Seraphim, as a protector and helper, had a salutary effect on Bely and, in general, kept his work within the framework of the Orthodox worldview acquired from childhood.