Cover -- Prolegomenon -- Author's Note -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The pastoral vocation problem and its solution according to Thermos -- 2.1. Introduction to the issue -- 2.2. The Essence of Human Component -- 2.2.1. "Ideal ego", "mechanisms of identifications" and "formation of identity" -- 2.2.2. Healthy and unhealthy condition of vocation -- 2.3. The solution to the pastoral vocation problem -- 2.3.1. Self-knowledge and the mobilization of psychological and spiritual factors -- 2.3.2. New generation of ecclesiastical mentors -- 2.3.3. Divine grace and human freedom -- 2.4. Conclusions -- 3. Problems of clergy ineffectiveness and solutions advanced by Thermos -- 3.1. Confessor and his "unconscious" -- 3.2. Church leadership vis-a-vis the quality of ecclesiastical life -- 3.2.1. The concept of "authority" within the New Testament -- 3.2.2. Experiencing the true pattern of Church leadership -- 3.2.3. Escaping the psychological pitfalls of Church leadership -- 3.2.3.1 Psychological disturbance at the individual level -- 3.2.3.2. Psychological disturbance at the collective level -- 3.3. Conclusions -- 4. Admissible limits of interaction between Orthodox pastoral theologyand psychoanalysis -- 4.1. Thrashing out the conceptual apparatus -- 4.1.1. The concept of psychoanalysis -- 4.1.2. The concept of Orthodox pastoral theology -- 4.2. The "pros and cons" regarding the interaction -- 4.2.1. The theoretical foundations of interaction -- 4.2.1.1. The issue of psychopathology -- 4.2.1.2 The issue of hermeneutics -- 4.2.1.3. The issue of interpreting the Orthodox credo in terms of contemporary gnoseology -- 4.2.2. The difficulties with the interaction -- 4.2.2.1. Degeneration of contemporary psychotherapeutic techniques -- 4.2.2.2. Religious fundamentalism -- 4.3. Conclusions -- 5. Closing remarks -- 6. Bibliography.