Features of the divine singing tradition in Verhnemakeevsk convent of Protection of the Holy Virgin (on the data of contemporary field studies)
The article discusses the problems of reconstruction of the monastery singing tradition in the context of the revival of church culture. The object of study is the divine practice of the Verhnemakeevsk convent of Protection of the Holy Virgin, the subject is the singing component of the church services of the monastery. The purpose of the article is to establish the peculiarities of the process of reconstruction of monastery divine practice in modern sociocultural conditions. The tasks set in this article included studying sources and scientific literature about the history of the wooden church of the Protection of the Virgin, describing archival and expeditionary materials of the beginning of the XXI century, identifying the specifics of traditions of regional church and singing culture. In the process of decryption and analysis of the materials recorded during the expedition, it was found that the divine practice includes prayer chynos in honor of the Holy Virgin Mary and St. George the Victorious, providing the necessary conditions for reconstruction of lost during the Soviet period (As a result of anti-religious activity) Christian symbols and meanings, reliance in the repertoire of church singing on singing from the Obiodos of note singing (In the editions of the 19th-XXI centuries) allows to involve all present in the divine service. Scientific and practical novelty, as well as the relevance of the study, are determined by a new perspective of consideration of ways of reconstruction and construction of tradition in modern society, found in the study of modern monastery culture by methods of field research.