This article points out the presence of common themes and directions of research in the religious and philosophical legacy of priest Pavel Florensky and Vyacheslav Ivanov, particularly the concept of religious cult put forward in Ivanov’s work “Hellenic Religion of the Suff ering God (Religion of Dionysus)” (Russ. Эллинская религия страдающего бога (Религия Диониса)) and in Florensky’s lectures...