THE MORAL ESSENCE OF THE PASTOR IN THE EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION

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article reveals the moral orientation of the Eastern Christian idea of pastoral care. The article emphasizes that pastoral care, as a sacrificial form of priestly ministry for the benefit of a religious community, implies a pastor of the existence of a complex of moral virtues, which distinguish it from the general mass of believers, and serve as a model for imitation in the practice of the system of Christian values.

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Ірина Ломачинська

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Ірина Ломачинська (2017). THE MORAL ESSENCE OF THE PASTOR IN THE EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION. Вісник Львівського університету, 14(), 50-56. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-450122