From holy foolishness to spiritual leadership: holy fool Afanasii and writer-publicist monk Avraamii (XVII century)

In this article the certain facts about Avraamii are examined in order to observe the metamorphosis of holy fool, turned into spiritual leader. Analysis of his letters and compositions allowed to show with the complete evidence, that after the transformation of holy fool Afanasii into monk Avraamii he not only began to realize himself as a spiritual leader, but also gain the authority among the pe