In this paper are researched zoonyms in Prayers by the Lake by St. Nicholai Velimirovich, as a very appropriate text for stylistic and philological analysis. Most of the zoonyms have symbolic meaning in different cultures, but this analysis shows that the creative act of the author can contribute to the spreading of their symbolic network in a certain context. Methodological and analytical procedures are based on the fundamental stylistic elements with including of lexicological approach relating to lexical semantic and paradigmatic lexical relation (hyponymy), as a basic principle for the systematization of excerpted zoonyms. Every zoonym has a unique description which contains: а) lexical meaning of zoonym; b) traditional symbolic meaning; c) symbolic meaning in the context of prayers verses. In the Prayers by the Lake zoonyms have multiple functions: a) as a mediator between God and man, b) as a linguistic means of expressing the experience of the lyrical subject, but also of man’s relationship to God; c) as a metaphorical image of people, their inner state, the state of the soul; d) as a picture of interpersonal relationships and situations, which are presented through animal characters; e) as a mediator in the expression of moral, spiritual instruction. In them, the zoonymic symbolic sphere goes beyond the framework of the usual pragmatics based on life experience in direct or indirect contact with the animal world and enters the sphere of the spiritual, with the emphasis on certain Christian principles.