VOW PRACTICE IN THE ORTHODOX TRADITIONS OF XVIII - XIX CENTURIES: A COMPELLING REASONS, FORMS, BEHAVIOURAL NORMS (based on the materials of the European North of Russia)
The article deals with vow practice that has been developed in the Russian Orthodox tradition, and was common in the XVIII-XIX centuries in the European North of Russia. The author gives anrepresentation about the incentives referring to various forms of vows and characterizes norms of behavior when they.