Three lyrical heroes in the poetry of hieromonk Roman (Matyushin-Pravdin)

The subject of this article is the poetry of hieromonk Roman (Matyushin-Pravdin). The authors differentiate three types of lyrical heroes in poetry of hieromonk Roman, each of them following their different routes towards God and human beings. The key lex emes and verses that are characteristic for different lyrical heroes of hieromonk Roman, are interpreted on the basis of hermeneutics procedures.