Lyubchenko O. The influence of method of orthodox selftransformation into the personal growth.

The phenomenon of self-transformations in orthodox ascetic is investigated in this dissertation. There is an analysis of a phenomenon of self-transformation, of the main conditions for the effectiveness of the influence of orthodox psychotechniques into personality, and also of changes going on with personality as a result of the practice of orthodox methods in this dissertation. The author grounds the fact, that methods for self-transformations of orthodoxy is one of interconnected elements of the complicated system of the life world of the orthodox personality, therewhere their influence into a personality is selective and depends on the number of conditions. As a result of analysis of orthodox psychotechniques: confession, prayer and others, initial states, psychological processes during the practice of methods and results of these processes, were understood.