Abstract

Article is devoted to judgment of a pastoral counseling in spiritual development of the personality. The essential role of pastor heritage of the saint martyr Seraphin (Ostroumov), archbishop of Smolensk in search of adequate methods and ways of interaction of the pastor with society is noted. Reflections the principles, behavior model and nature of action of the pastor in the process of spiritual care of souls people are exposed. The pastor view of the saint martyr Seraphin of communication of the person with God is analyzed, it is specified psychological value of a pastoral counseling. Pastoral experience of the archbishop Seraphim is analyzed with comparison to the definition of the corresponding paradigm of action of the religious person in modern conditions of the increasing secularization and a moral relativism.