Sacred property of PAX CHRISTIANA: The literary heritage of hieromonk Christopher (1833-1897)

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of the continuity of the existence and development of Orthodox folk literature of the Eastern Slavs in the 19th-20th centuries on the example of the creative heritage of one of the most gifted Orthodox writers of the 19th century, hieromonk Christopher (Chrysanf Sakovich, 1833-1897). A native of Volhynia, he became the largest creator of religious poetic works for the common people, on which millions of Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians were brought up and are being brought up. The main work of hieromonk Christopher was his poetic prayer cycle «The Song of the Cross», which became a real national book. It is massively replicated to this day in different countries in all possible ways, from handwritten correspondence to electronic typing. In general, the literary heritage of hieromonk Christopher is a very special phenomenon not only in the Slavic world, but also a phenomenal precious asset of Pax Christiana.