Phenomenon of sanctity in orthodox tradition: to problem typology sanctity

The purpose of the article is to analyze a sanctity phenomenon in religious context. On a material of primary etymology of Slavic Bible translations and reconstruction of cultural tradition (works of art, legends) the understanding of sanctity as ability to work with affects is described. The author assumes that the affect can be overcome differently and before us we can see two types of sanctity: ascetic and corporal. The ascetic type is reflected in practice hesychasm, occurrence of such religious institute is connected with the corporal, as starchestvo. Ability to suffer, affect is issued by a Christian myth. In Orthodoxy the figure of the sacred is described through symbols. Symbols canalize affects and guide them either in mystical, or to social type of sanctity. The theory of affects allows to describe anthropological types of sanctity within the limits of symbolical forms.