THE MAIN APPROACHES TO FORMATION OF MORAL QUALITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL BY MEANS OF CANTS IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX TRADITION
The article examines textual and artistic features of the choral music of the Orthodox tradition, reveals the pedagogical potential of chant in the formation of morality of the individual. Special attention is paid to the concept of «spirituality» that has received different interpretations in philosophy, sociology, aesthetics. The authors consider spirituality as «holistic consciousness». In Russian culture the spirituality associated with traditional spiritual values embodied in the Orthodox faith and reflected in Russian chants.