The implementation of kenosis in the life and works of N. D. Gorodetskaya

Abstract

The article discusses vectors of the implementation of the kenotic principles of selfabasement in the life of a Russian writer and theologian living abroad Nadezhda Danilovna Gorodetskaya. The key events in her biography with elements of her creative path are presented. The study of kenosis in the literary-theological works of Gorodetskaya involve the image of the humiliated Christ in an artistic context as well as religious and philosophical interpretation; kenosis as a stage of spiritual achievement or as a trait of the Russian character (based on the example of personalities and works of Russian literature and philosophy, religion and socio-political life of Russia). The author believes that kenotic principles served as the foundation of Nadezhda Danilovna Gorodetskaya’s way of life and spiritual formation. She was a missionary and an educator in Western Europe, who devoted her whole life to sacrificial service to God and others.