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The article analyzes the main approaches to definition of the concept of communication in various religious outlooks, from the philosophy of antiquity to our time. The author considers communication in axiological, functional aspect as an ambivalent process. Evolution of the concepts of communication is analyzed in the article: from the ritualized religious approach to the competence-based approach in the modern world. The author retraces the connection of philosophical understanding of communication as a means of interpersonal knowledge and the knowledge of the person him/herself.  The essence of the perceptive, communicative and interactive aspects of communication is considered in the article; the structure of the communicative competence is described.