Socio-Semiotic Specificity of the Orthodox Joke and Its Impact on Religious Identity

Recently, the genre of Orthodox joke has become especially popular in Russian Internet virtual space, social networks that unite people faith. This is at intersection philosophical and mythological discourses, basing on discursive research. It combines features a biblical parable fable. The rational component strong feature joke, which brings it closer to genres treatises, although anecdote as more emotional psychological orientation characterizes genre. combination emotionally expressive semantics forms special pragmatics makes attractive among young middle-aged educated men. purpose study identify socio-semiotic specifics strengthens modern form urban rationalized normative-confessional religious identity. In course Christian humor, authors carried out structural, discursive, conceptual analyzes texts joke. Also, they made in-depth expert interviews, surveys believers, pilgrims tourists traditional centers Church. Thus, research revealed pragmatic potential anecdote, determined comic verbalized based analysis morphological structure