CHRISTIAN IMAGES IN THE NOVEL BY B.K. ZAYTSEV "ABRAHAM‟S HEART"
The paper presents the research of religious implications in the Russian literature abroad. The point of attention is orthodox sym-bolism in the novel by B.K. Zaytsev "Abraham‟s Heart". Literary analysis of the novel demonstrates author‟s addressing to hagio-graphical, iconographical and folklore traditions. The dominant in the artistic background of the novel is Christian image of the heart that originates from biblical and holy-patristic sources.