Genre features of Easter short story “Truly he is risen” by I. N. Potapenko

The article examines the main genre features of the story “Truly He Is Risen” by I. N. Potapenko, which determine its belonging to the corpus of Easter literature: the relationship of the time of action, which takes place between Lent and Easter, with the ideological content implying a change in the vector of the hero’s spiritual development; the motifs of the miracle of the resurrection of the soul, spiritual unity, sobornost’, Easter joy, forgiveness, reconciliation; a special type of heroes whose images are based on the “righteous” - “sinner” archetypes, and which is also found at the coloristic level; holiday chronotope, childhood memories, Easter attributes, happy ending. The edification and didacticism of the narrative are aimed at educating the reader’s soul, he is reminded of the importance of faith in Christ and His Holy Resurrection, love for God and neighbor, hope for God’s mercy, repentance, patience, humility for the salvation of the soul, as well as prayer, church service and fasting as means for the spiritual rebirth of a person.