Chumachenko M. Mythologem of Light and Darkness in the Orthodox Cultural Tradition

The object of the research is the Orthodox cultural traditions. The semantics of meaning picture of light and darkness as conductors and representatives of the spiritual experience of a personality determining interpretation of the values, ideals and regulators represented by them, is revealed. The significance of the mythologem of light and darkness in religious and cultural creativity, design and efficiency of the normative and regulatory mechanism of religious culture is proved. The role diversity of the mythologem of light and darkness (axiological, compensatory, psychotherapeutic, legitimate, regulatory, integrative, consolidating, socio-cultural localization, semiotic) is determined defining them as a phenomenon functionally demanded by culture. Field: theory and history of culture, culturology.