Orthodox pedagogy

The relevance of the research is determined by the necessity to overcome formalism in spiritual and moral education and to develop a pedagogical model that will integrate traditional spiritual and moral values into supplementary education of children. The purpose of the study is to develop and test the original Christocentric model of axiological education aimed at the formation of stable axiological agency of Sunday school students.

The relevance of the research is determined by the demand for the traditions of Orthodox pedagogy. Even during the period of the offi cial prohibition of religion and of the church in the Soviet state, Orthodox pedagogy preserved moral and spiritual values, and also infl uenced the approaches to upbringing in secondary schools. The purpose of the research is to identify the continuity of traditions of students’ personal development in theological educational institutions.