Аннотация:Hesychasm, being the tradition within Orthodox Christianity, which originated from the earlyOrthodox monastic tradition of Syria, Egypt, and Asia the Minor and then disseminated itself inGreece, the Balkans, and Slavic countries, including Russia, nowadays has its modern followers – both monks and laypeople. A number of contemporary Russian laypeople, who claim themselves to be Hesychasts, and pick up the elements of Hesychast practice, share their experience through internet forums and social media, creating numerous narratives of their reflection upon the tradition of Hesychasm. The author of the paper analyses the phenomenon of contemporary Russian “laical Hesychasm”, and compares the traditional monastic way of practicing Hesychasm with the modern one, linking the latter to broader processes of globalization and virtualization of religion.