HIS ALL-HOLINESS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW І ON THE SPIRITUAL IMPERATIVES OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY

The article notes that spirituality in Orthodoxy is understood actively, as spiritual life, the experience of church community. Moreover, theological concept Bartholomew I unfolds on following levels: etymological (spirituality directly related to breathing, with quality a person, without which its existence impossible); life-meaningful (contextual meanings, process combining history discourse, their comprehension and rethinking transcendent dimension traced); practical-spiritual (spiritual preaching activity, moral teaching, organization life accordance "Christian science life"). relationship between personality emphasized (its components are mystery, freedom, relationship, integrity). Priority structural hierarchy ethical principle, acts an indicator. It determines fullness social individual since morality one main mechanisms not only for regulating relations but also "spiritualization" depends his existential experience. Attention paid religious practices, particular prayer, connotations. In state person tries build "Self" level Other, at same time remain himself. If this goal-setting he ceases hear response addressed unique self, case, prayer loses dialogical nature. that, according Ecumenical Patriarch І, spirituality, firstly, way God's activity; secondly, it closely development mental certain culture feelings; thirdly, recognized value property human, individually combined divine, universal; fourthly, crystallization ethical-value core anthropological-communicative meaning practices; fifthly, "code spirituality" permeates all spheres human existence, affirmed both existentially individually.